“The photograph is an incomplete utterance, a message that depends on some external matrix of conditions and presuppositions for its readability.” ConditionsDependsMessagesPhotographIncompleteUtterance Book:Photography against the grain: essays and photo works, 1973-1983 Source: Photography against the grain: essays and photo works, 1973-1983
“The only objective truth that photographs offer is the assertion that somebody or something... was somewhere and took a picture.” OffersPhotographObjectivesAssertionObjective Truth Book:Photography against the grain: essays and photo works, 1973-1983 Source: Photography against the grain: essays and photo works, 1973-1983
“How does photography serve to legitimate and normalize existing power relationships? ... How is historical and social memory preserved, transformed, restricted and obliterated by photographs?” DoeSocialMemoriesPhotographyHistoricalPhotographTransformedPower Relationships Book:Fish story Source: Fish story
