“It seemed clear to me early on that one of the things a photograph could do was make a reality, and I wanted to do that. I always think of looking inside an Easter egg and seeing a perfect world.” ThinkingWorldRealityWantedPerfectClearSeeingPhotographEggsEasterA Perfect WorldEaster Egg Author:Justine Kurland
“There's this way that photography is always about going out searching. I'm not the kind of a photographer who can photograph my home.” WayKindHomePhotographyPhotographerPhotographGoing Out Author:Justine Kurland
“I drove from New York to California by myself. The iconography of travel and escape is everywhere in my photographs... So actually becoming a runaway was crucial. I had this idea that I'd make my way across the frontier and find my story as it was actually happening in the landscape.” WayIdeasStoriesNew YorkBecomingHappeningsPhotographMy WayLandscapeCaliforniaCrucialFrontiersRunawayIconography Author:Justine Kurland
“We were really poor when I was growing up; my parents, both artists, were bohemians. Life was a desperate struggle, but in service of a high ideal, which is exactly what my photographs are about.” ArtistParentPoorStruggleGrowing UpGrowingIdealsPhotographDesperate Author:Justine Kurland