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Duane Michals is a renowned photographer, born on February 18, 1932. His work is known for its unique narrative style and profound insights into human emotions.

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“I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.”

People Knows Want Believe Looks Don't Believe Appearance Description

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“I believe in invisible; I do not believe in visible.”

Believe I Believe I Believe In Invisible Visible

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“I believe in the invisible. I do not believe in the definitive reality of things around us. For me, reality is the intuition and the imagination and the quiet voice inside my head that says: isn't that extraordinary? The things in our lives are the shadows of reality, just as we ourselves are shadows.”

Believe Reality I Believe Voice Imagination Our Lives Quiet Shadow Extraordinary I Believe In Intuition Invisible Quiet Voice

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“I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.”

Believe I Can Important I Believe Imagination Vision I Believe In My Imagination

Book:Exhibition of photo-portraits & street scenes sequences: black & white and color photographs with text, text without photographs

Source: Exhibition of photo-portraits & street scenes sequences: black & white and color photographs with text, text without photographs

“How foolish of me to believe that it would be that easy. I had confused the appearance of trees and automobiles, and people with a reality itself, and believed that a photograph of these appearances to be a photograph of it. It is a melancholy truth that I will never be able to photograph it and can only fail. I am a reflection photographing other reflections within a reflection. To photograph reality is to photograph nothing.”

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“The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing.”

Knows Believe Eye Accepting Focus Majority Photographer Obvious

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About the Author

Born: February 18, 1932
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 54

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