“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
“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
