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Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. [It is] a major force in explaining man to man.

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I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.

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The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.

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Edward Steichen

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Born: March 27, 1879
Died: March 25, 1973 (aged 93)
Bio: Edward Jean Steichen was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator.
Known for:
  1. Family of Man (1955)
  2. Steichen's legacy
  3. Edward Steichen
  4. A life in photography (1963)
  5. US NAVY War Photographs

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