The photographer is like the cod which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Photography

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Bernard Shaw's Appreciation of Coburn Camera Work

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Bernard Shaw's Appreciation of Coburn." Camera Work, edited and published by Alfred Stieglitz, 1906, no. 15, p. 33.

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John Masefield

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Source
Sea-Fever
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Masefield, John. "Sea-Fever." Salt-Water Ballads. London: Grant Richards, 1902, I. 1.

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Masefield, John. "Sea-Fever." Sea Fever: Selected Poems of John Masefield, edited by Philip W. Errington. Carcanet Press, 2005, I. 1.