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“At certain moments of intense personal grief, capturing images was for me the only way to comprehend later what was happening.”

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Pedro Meyer

Pedro Meyer, born on October 6, 1935, is a renowned photographer whose work is known for its unique perspective and profound insight into social issues. more

“Before, the myth of photography doesn't lie was used in order to cover up tricks. If I [make a] portrait [of] you, accommodate you, illuminate you, put make up on you or use a filter, am I not manipulating reality? The only difference is that now I can do it from the computer in the postclick instead of the preclick. If I decide to photograph something instead of something else, I also manipulate reality. Of course a photograph can lie or commit abuse, but it always could.”

Ifs I Can Use Reality Used Lying Order Courses Can Do Differences Computer Photography Abuse Photograph Myth Tricks Commit Portraits Manipulate Filters Accommodate I Can Do It Cover Ups

Author:Pedro Meyer

“[Photography] is the non-complacence of the eye. To practice my right to look is also a critical attitude. If I stare at you, I will make you uncomfortable, and culturally we have a difficulty of staring and being stared at.”

Ifs Looks Eye Attitude Practice Photography Difficulty Critical Staring Uncomfortable

Author:Pedro Meyer

“I have always questioned everything: education, the obligation to memorize, authority. Perhaps that is why I have photographed everything.”

Authority Obligation

Author:Pedro Meyer

“The thought for us [street photographers] was always: How much could we absorb and embrace of a moment of existence that would disappear in an instant? And, Could we really make it live as art? There was an almost moral dimension.”

Art Moments Existence Moral Streets Embrace Photographer Disappear Instant Dimensions

Author:Joel Meyerowitz

“After a decade I became fed up with the strobe because I had done almost everything once and I didn't want to repeat myself.”

Want Done Decades Repeats Feds Fed Up

Author:Gjon Mili

“My generation came at a time when photography was advancing by leaps and bounds, creating the impulse to experiment and seek new approaches.”

Generations Approach Creating Photography Bounds Experiments Impulse Leap My Generation Advancing New Approach Leaps And Bounds

Author:Gjon Mili

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