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Sam Abell

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A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.


— Sam Abell


#into #keen #mad #make #mistakes

It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use.


— Sam Abell


#how #little #masters #matters #much

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.


— Sam Abell


#arts #desire #humans #moment #perfected

My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.


— Sam Abell


#ahead #almost #best #best work #occurs






About Sam Abell






Did you know about Sam Abell?

Abell was the photographer and co-editor for his high school yearbook and newspaper. It's a documentary photograph of a tree but due a combination of light and Abell's inclusion in his composition of roof tiles in the background the photograph takes on the transcendent illusory quality of a stained glass window. He first worked for National Geographic in 1967 and is one of the more overtly artistic photographers among his magazine peers.

He is also a teacher an artist and an author. Sam Abell's style of photography is documentary in the sense that his major avenue the National Geographic magazine is a publication of record. Abell was the photographer and co-editor for his high school yearbook and newspaper.

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