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“I appreciate photographs which celebrate harmony. I don't particularly want to look at chaos. I see enough of that at home.”

Home Photography Appreciate

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which has received scant attention: it does not make a lot of noise. ... Perhaps photography would be more appreciated if camera shutters fired with the sound of a .357 Magnum.”

Sound Photography Cameras

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“'I am a camera' but it is a discontinued model.”

Photography Cameras

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“...the subject, the thing itself, is the genesis of all types of photography.”

Photography Type

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“I'd like my coffin to be a camera obscura so I can see what's going on outside.”

Photography Cameras Coffins

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“I talk a lot about photography. It's cheap becuase my supply always exceeds demand.”

Photography Demand

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“A photograph is a mirror; mostly it reflects the prejudices of the viewer.”

Photography Mirrors

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“If it is not an interesting picture when in focus, it is not going to be a better picture out of focus.”

Interesting Photography Focus

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as you photograph.”

Firsts Photography Drawing

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“A photograph is a picture and no more true or false than any other depiction; why is that so hard to comprehend?”

Photography True Or False Depiction

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“I seem to walk in the world as two people. The normal everyday-me is as preoccupied, unobservant and oblivious to visual clues as I ever was. Then there is the photographer-me, the one who has a camera in hand and a specific project in mind, and then the world suddenly jumps to life with potential pictures, as if a switch had been thrown in my brain and a different person is looking out of the same eyes.”

Eye Hands Photography

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Bill Jay

Photographer

“True, there are photographers who are failed artists, but so are most artists.”

Artist Photography Photographer

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