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I feed on art more than I ever do on photographs. I can admire photography, but I wouldn't go to it out of hunger.

~Irving Penn

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I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.

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Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print.

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I've tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I've failed. I've tried to work outside the studio, but it introduces too many variables that I can't control. I'm really quite narrow, you know.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Photographer

Born: June 16th, 1917

Died: October 7th, 2009

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