Alfred Stieglitz on the current state of photography 

"Yes, there seems to be millions on millions of photographers and billions of photographs made annually, but how rare a really fine photograph seems to be. ‘Interesting’ shots. It’s a pathetic situation. So little vision. So little true seeing."

           – Letter from Alfred Stieglitz to Edward Weston, September 3, 1938
              Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University