To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.
Dorothea LangeNo country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually ... I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare look at ourselves.
Dorothea LangeSeeing is more than a physiological phenomenon... We see not only with our eyes but with all that we are and all that our culture is. The artist is a professional see-er.
Dorothea Lange