Carl Mydans quotes

Carl Mydans quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“One is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself. This is where creativity begins.”
-- Carl Mydans

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“... I think it is fair to say that all war photographers hide behind their cameras. I hid behind mine for years and years and years. It was a shield... I think that the photographer in combat has a greater protection than the soldier who has a rifle in his hand. That camera has unbelievable protective power.”
-- Carl Mydans

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“We cannot hope to control what we do not understand, nor to confront our adversary, war, with our eyes averted.”
-- Carl Mydans

Source : Carl Mydans, Shelley Smith Mydans (1968). “The violent peace”

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