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“To extend the depth of what has been called 'art' into photography requires... making available to the spectator the amazing transformations the subject undergoes to become the photograph.”

Quote by Michael Snow

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Michael Snow, a Canadian artist born on December 10, 1929, is renowned for his innovative works in film, painting, and sculpture. His art often explores concepts of time and space, as well as the interaction between the audience and the artwork. more

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“When you narrow down your range and are looking through just that narrow aperture of the lens, the intensity of what you see is so much greater.”

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Book:Visual art, 1951-1993: exploring plane and contour : the drawing, painting, collage, foldage, photo-work, sculpture and film of Michael Snow from 1951 to 1967

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“As Plato insisted two thousand years ago, it is not by means of the image that moral, ethical, or political knowledge is produced.”

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