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David Bailey

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.

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David Bailey is saying that photographers must use their creativity to find something special in everyday scenes, while painters can create new images from their imagination. Because photography captures real life, it requires careful observation to notice details that make a photo unique and interesting.

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