On his career

I'm really not a maker of photographs, I'm more or less of a taker of photographs. I have to see a certain type of situation. I'd go into a mine, for instance, I will never tell a miner, "Well do this because it's going to look better," or "Look this way, because you're going to look better." I would rather take him the way he is and let the chips fall where they may. If it's a good photograph, fine. If it's not, that's why I think I'm, like I said, I'm almost a taker of photographs, instead of maker.

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Oral History: George Harvan reflects on his life and career

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DATE ADDED: 2010-07-30 16:06:31

COLLECTION: A George Harvan Retrospective, 1946-2000

ITEM TYPE: Oral History

CITATION: "On his career," in Miner's Son, Miners' Photographer:, Item #447, https://chnm.gmu.edu/harvan/items/show/447 (accessed February 1, 2022).

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Interview with Harvan
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Retrospective
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