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“Of all human troubles the most hateful is to feel that you have the capacity of power and yet you have no field to excercise it.”

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H. H. Asquith

H. H. Asquith was a distinguished British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was a member of the Liberal Party and played a significant role in British politics during the early 20th century. more

“For me it is essential to understand that everyone is alone. Not in the sense of loneliness, but rather in the sense that no one can completely understand someone else. I know very well what Diane Arbus means when she says that one cannot crawl into someone else's skin, but there is always an urge to do so anyway. I want to awaken definite sympathies for the person I have photographed.”

Knows Want Wells Mean Persons Loneliness Essentials Skins Urges Definite

Author:Rineke Dijkstra

“I don't need to know anything about the people I photograph, but it's important that I recognize something about myself in them.”

People Knows Needs Important Photograph

Author:Rineke Dijkstra

“I am interested in the paradox between identity and uniformity, in the power and vulnerability of each individual and each group. It is in this paradox that I try to visualize by concentrating on poses, attitudes, gestures, and gazes.”

Trying Individual Attitude Groups Identity Vulnerability Paradox Gestures Concentrating Uniformity

Book:פרויקט יישרעלי

Source: פרויקט יישרעלי

“As a photographer you enlarge or emphasize a certain moment, making it another reality.”

Moments Reality Certain Photographer

Author:Rineke Dijkstra

“I am going to be working on bathroom fittings for a company in the USA, and then I thought it was appropriate to simplify the fittings and, thus, lowering the cost.”

America Company Cost Usa Appropriate Bathroom Simplify

Author:Arne Jacobsen

“I have looked at so many photographs, I can not see them anymore.”

I Can Photograph Can Not

Author:Michael Heizer

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