I agree that all good photographs are documents, but I also know that all documents are certainly not good photographs. Furthermore, a good photographer does not merely document, he probes the subject, he 'uncovers' it.
Berenice AbbottWhat the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera (the lens) notes with relentless fidelity.
Berenice AbbottPhotography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.
Berenice Abbott