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William Henry Jackson Quotes:

William Henry Jackson quotes

Life: April 4, 1843 - June 30, 1942

Birthday: April 4

Death: June 30

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Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops, and finally from the hill-tops and about the surrounding country; the taste strengthening as my successes became greater in proportion to the failures.

Topics: Country, Photography, House, Portrait Photography, Strengthening

And if any work that I have done should have value beyond my own lifetime, I believe it will be the happy labors of the decade 1869-1878.

Topics: Believe, Should Have, Done

In living, as in art, rules are drawn from practice; not the other way around.

Topics: Art, Practice, Way

[The building of the transcontinental railway] was something truly earth-shaking and, whether or not there had been a dime in it for me, sooner or later I would have been out on the grade with my cameras.

Topics: Cameras, Dimes, Earth

Since 1873, I have been back four or five times. I have used the best cameras and the most sensitive emulsions on the market. I have snapped my shutter, morning, noon and afternoon. I have never come close to matching those first plates. (On photographing The Mountain of the Holy Cross)

Topics: Morning, Mountain, Holy Cross

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