Douglas Kirkland Quotes

#1. Chanel is here forever. She changed fashion, she changed culture, and she changed how people dress.

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#2. When you look at my pictures, you are seeing my life.

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#3. I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them.

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#4. I believe Photoshop is in some way the contemporary darkroom, the creative area that all photographers have available today.

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#5. I will refine somebody in a minor way, but I don't want to totally change them. I don't want them to look like plastic dolls.

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#6. I always considered, with every shoot, I was on trial; every time I pick up my camera and start out on the relationship, I am at degree zero. There is no coasting.

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#7. The misfortune is that many people, men and women, think that the perfect face has no flaws, no pores in the skin; and that gives unrealistic levels of esteem. Somebody feels they're not right because they haven't got that type of refinement.

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#8. Whatever I did in 1960, half a century ago, I couldn't do that today and enter the field. The field has changed so much, you have to adapt to the times whatever you're doing. That's the reality of life: you have to be a different person today than you had to be then.

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#9. It's fundamental to succeed in coming into contact with your subject. Whether it's a big Hollywood star or a passer-by in the street, it makes no difference.

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#10. Respect and mutual respect are important. I, for instance, often show my latest work so that people can see how I work.

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#11. I did photograph Angelina Jolie up in Vancouver when she was making 'Life Or Something Like It', and they gave me the drawings they wanted me to photograph of her up there, but she didn't really care for them that much, and ultimately they weren't even used.

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#12. When you put an individual on the cover of a big picture magazine, like 'Life of Look', their career skyrocketed. As a photographer, you were very empowered; people came to you, bowing to you and what you represented.

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#13. You must adapt to the situation. This is where the pictures come from.

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#14. I consider myself very lucky. I'm known for photographing celebrities, but, in a nutshell, my first love is photography.

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#15. I'll photograph weddings, friends - I'm not too good for anything.

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#16. Chanel is everywhere. Pick up a magazine. You'll find Chanel all over it. That's the imprint that she had. I mean, she did so much.

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