“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
“... I just feel impotent - I don't know which way to start or turn. You know what they say about a prophet in one's own country - well - in a way it works for me too: you see - this might be called my home town - well of all the old friends and acquaintances not one takes me seriously as a photographer - not one has asked me to show my work... (On returning to San Francisco)” KnowsWayFeelsWellsCountryShowsHomeMightTurnsTownsPhotographerProphetTake MeSan FranciscoAcquaintanceOld FriendsHome Town Book:The Letters from Tina Modotti to Edward Weston Source: The Letters from Tina Modotti to Edward Weston
“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
