Robert Frank made, what, 28,000 photographs for ‘The Americans’”? says Jim Leisy, a fine art photographer, book publisher and head of the Portland Art Museum’s volunteer-based photography council. “But he edited all of that down to 83. That’s what separates good from great, the professional from the amateur. The great ones are also editors. They are willing not to cling to a photograph.

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— Robert Frank and photography: Art in the age of image overload | OregonLive.com (via photographsonthebrain)

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