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“I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.”

— Sam Abell

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'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the most biographical of my photographs - an abstract image of the landscape and life of northern Ohio where I grew up and first practiced photography.

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

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The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation.

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As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.

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For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.

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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.

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