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Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others.
Bill Brandt
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Bill Brandt
Age: 79 †
Born: 1904
Born: April 3
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Photographer
Photojournalist
War Photographer
Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt
Hermann Wilhelm Brandt
Hermann Brandt
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Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!
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By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not shoot at all. By professional standards I do not waste a lot of film but by the standards of many of my colleagues I probably miss quite a few of my opportunities. Still, the things I am after are not in a hurry as a rule.
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The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appeal to his own interests will he produce a work of distinction.
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