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The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera.

Eddie Adams / Photographer
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The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera.

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Fear not a thousand accusing fingers, if you are right.

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If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that's a good picture.

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I'm not a great believer in the power of the moving image. A still image has greater lasting power.

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All that a Pulitzer really does is give the obit writers something to put between the commas after your name.

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It's a question of dropping the armor and getting up and doing the work you want to do. And film at first is frightening because you are like, 'What's that camera doing?' But then it becomes family and therefore a really wonderful experience.

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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

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I’m always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy with the images they got.

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