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Photography, if practiced with high seriousness, is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere...

— John Szarkowski

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The most useful criticism in any art [form] is new work done with the same tools [as previous art].

A photographer's best work is, alas, generally done for himself.

Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art (1999)

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