8 Quotes & Sayings By Edward Steichen

Edward Steichen was a photographer whose work focused on American art and culture. He is widely known for his photographs of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century American scene, especially those of New York City. He is best known for the "The Family of Man" photograph series, which he took during a 16-month period in 1955. His photographs have been exhibited around the world and are included in many museums, including those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian Institution.

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Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face - the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man. Edward Steichen
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The boy and girl going hand in hand through a meadow the mother washing her baby the sweet simple things in life. We have almost lost track of them. On the one side we overintel-lectualize everything on the other hand we are over-mechanized. We can understand the danger of the atomic bomb but the danger of our misunderstanding the meaning of life is much more serious. Edward Steichen
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I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself. Edward Steichen
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Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man. Edward Steichen
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Photography is a major force in explaining man to man. Edward Steichen
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When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration. Edward Steichen
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Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product. Edward Steichen