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The Way I Would Describe A Pictorial Is That It Is A Picture That Makes Everybody Say ‘aaaaah,’ With Five Vowels When They See It. It Is Something You Would Like To Hang On The Wall. The French Word ‘photogenique’ Defines It Better Than Anything In English. It Is A Picture Which Must Have Quality, Drama, And It Must, In Addition, Be As Good Technically As You Can Possible Make It.

When I Photographed Marilyn Monroe, I Mixed Up My Cameras - One Had Black-and-white Film, The Other Color. I Took Many Pictures. Only Two Color Ones Came Out All Right. My Favorite Picture Of Marilyn Hangs Always On The Wall In My Office. It Was Taken On The Little Patio Of Her Hollywood House.

All Photographers Have To Do, Is Find And Catch The Story-telling Moment.

We Are Only Beginning To Learn What To Say In A Photograph. The World We Live In Is A Succession Of Fleeting Moments, Any One Of Which Might Say Something Significant.

Never Boss People Around. It's More Important To Click With People Than To Click The Shutter.