“To know whether photography is or is not an art matters little. What is important is to distinguish between good and bad photography. By good is meant that photography which accepts all the limitations inherent in photographic technique and takes advantage of the possibilities and characteristics the medium offers. By bad photography is mean that which is done, one may say, with a kind of inferiority complex, with no appreciation of what photography itself offers: but on the contrary, recurring to all sorts of imitations.” KnowsKindMayMeanLittlesArtImportantMatterDoneAcceptingPossibilityOffersPhotographyAdvantageComplexesAppreciationTechniqueContraryMediumsLimitationCharacteristicsInherentImitationGood And BadInferiorityRecurringInferiority ComplexNo Appreciation Book:Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti Source: Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti
“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
