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A. D. Coleman, born in 1943, is an accomplished author whose works span across science fiction, fantasy, and literary criticism. Known for his unique literary style and profound insights into social issues, Coleman has made significant contributions to the genres he writes in.

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“What a photograph shows us is how a particular thing could be seen, or could be made to look - at a specific moment, in a specific context, by a specific photographer employing specific tools.”

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Book:Depth of field: essays on photography, mass media, and lens culture

Source: Depth of field: essays on photography, mass media, and lens culture

“The simple fact is this: There are no neutral photographs.”

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Book:Depth of field: essays on photography, mass media, and lens culture

Source: Depth of field: essays on photography, mass media, and lens culture

“The past is always with us, in the form of our photographs, which we feel as we might a rosary, wearing them smooth with the fingering of our eyes.”

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“Any photographer worth his/her salt - that is, any photographer of professional caliber, in control of the craft, regardless of imagistic bent - can make virtually anything look good. Which means, of course, that she or he can make virtually anything look bad - or look just about any way at all. After all, that is the real work of photography: making things look, deciding how a thing is to appear in the image.”

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“... the battle for the acceptance of photography as Art was not only counter-productive but counter-revolutionary. The most important photography is most emphatically not Art.”

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“We've spent now about 150 years trying to convince ourselves that photographs are reliable evidence, some unimpeachable slice of the real world. That was a myth from the very beginning.”

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“It is no coincidence that one cardinal rule in brainwashing is to remove from the victim all photographs of himself and people he has known.”

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“Photographs are of course about their makers, and are to be read for what they disclose in that regard no less than for what they reveal of the world as their makers comprehend, invent, and describe it.”

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Book:Critical Focus: Photography in the International Image Community

Source: Critical Focus: Photography in the International Image Community

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