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37 quotes by Conrad Hall

Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 6, 2003) was an American cinematographer from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing films such as In Cold Blood, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, American Beauty, and Road to Perdition. For his work he garnered a number of awards, including three Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards. In 2003,...
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You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

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There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.

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Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

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Photography is a very important part of my life.

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Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

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There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language... →

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It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren't words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are... →

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I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.

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I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.

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I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

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My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

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Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

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Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.

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