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“What interests me is the way people regard themselves. When we are 15, we all feel as if we are beginning to become somebody else.”

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Lise Sarfati

Lise Sarfati, born on April 12, 1958, is a renowned photographer whose work is known for its unique perspective and profound insight into social issues. more

“The most striking feature of the new is the sheer mass. Photography was previously a mass phenomenon, but now, quantity is doubtless the outstanding quality. For a long time photos have been taken frequently and everywhere, but now photos are taken permanently and everywhere,... What is new is that we can watch them practically in real time.”

Long Has Beens Real Quality Watches Taken Photography Mass Long Time Features Phenomenon Quantity Sheer Outstanding

Author:Joachim Schmid

“The camera's perspective exactly matches that of the assassin: it now shoots the tourists shooting their own memorial photos, and we can watch this in real time.”

Real Watches Perspective Cameras Shooting Memorial Tourists Assassins

Author:Joachim Schmid

“For the first time in the history of photography, we can study the real-time production of snapshot making - globally! (On Flickr and other photosharing websites)”

Firsts Real Study Photography First Time Productions Website Snapshots Flickr History Of Photography

Author:Joachim Schmid

“I think all photographs lie. They capture such a small amount of a person's personality, if they capture anything.”

Ifs Thinking Persons Lying Personality Amount Photograph Capture Small Amounts

Author:Martin Schoeller

“A photographic close-up is perhaps the purest form of portraiture, creating a confrontation between the viewer and the subject that daily interaction makes impossible, or at least impolite.”

Form Impossible Subjects Creating Interaction Viewers Confrontation Portraiture

Author:Martin Schoeller

“Like most portrait photographers, I aim to record the instant the subject is not thinking about being photographed, striving to get beyond the practiced facial performance, reaching for something unplanned. While trying to be as objective as possible, I acknowledge that every gesture is still an act of artifice.”

Thinking Trying Stills Records Subjects Performances Aim Strive Photographer Objectives Acknowledge Instant Reaching Gestures Portraits Artifice Facial

Author:Martin Schoeller

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