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Quote by Lauren Greenfield

“I've been a documentary photographer for much longer than I have been a filmmaker.”

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Lauren Greenfield is an American artist renowned for her photography and documentary films. Her work often focuses on social phenomena and human behavior, exploring themes such as consumerism, wealth, poverty, and youth culture. more

“My first book, Fast Forward, was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture of materialism and the cult of celebrity, and I've often felt the reason my work has an audience in the UK is because it's everything the British love to hate about the Americans.”

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Author:Lauren Greenfield

“When I first moved from photography to filmmaking, I was worried about how big I had to become. I was one person, or maybe me and an assistant, and I had these small cameras, and maybe a flash.”

Firsts Persons Bigs Photography Cameras Moved Worried Flash Filmmaking Assistants

Author:Lauren Greenfield

“You have these relationships with people that you care about, but I also try to stick to my job as filmmaker and be fair and truthful about what I saw and my experience of the people, hopefully informed by a deep understanding of them.”

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“One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship.”

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Author:Milton Friedman

“I try to imagine how we would live if we didn't know we were going to die. Would we live our lives differently? Less careful, maybe? Less scared? These are beautiful things to think about and build a song around.”

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Author:Beth Gibbons

“I am a very sensitive person, very impulsive and emotional.”

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Author:Beth Gibbons

“I think that after a year of Portishead I've become a little more sober.”

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Author:Beth Gibbons

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