“Always, when the words art and artistic are applied to my photographic work, I am disagreeably affected. This is due, surely, to the bad use and abuse made of those terms. I consider myself a photographer, nothing more. If my photographs differ from that which is usually done in this field, it is precisely because I try to produce not art but honest photographs, without distortions or manipulations.” IfsTryingArtMadeDoneUseTermHonestFieldsProduceAbusePhotographerPhotographDuesArtisticManipulationAffectedDistortionUse And Abuse Book:Tina Modotti: photographs Source: Tina Modotti: photographs
“The majority of photographers still seek artistic effects, imitating other mediums of graphic expression. The result is a hybrid product that does not succeed in giving their work the most valuable characteristic it should have, - photographic quality.” GivingShouldDoeStillsResultsQualityEffectsExpressionProductsSucceedShould HaveMajorityPhotographerValuableMediumsArtisticCharacteristicsGraphicHybridImitatingImitating Others Book:Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti Source: Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti
