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“The photograph suggests that our image of reality is made up of images. It makes explicit the domination of mediation.”

Quote by Andy Grundberg

Book:Crisis of the real: writings on photography, 1974-1989

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Crisis of the real: writings on photography, 1974-1989

This book delves into the transformative period in the history of photography, examining the medium's development and its impact on culture and society during the specified timeframe. more

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Andy Grundberg, born on June 25, 1947, is a prominent figure in the field of [Unknown Profession/Category]. His life and achievements have had a significant impact in the industry. more

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Book:Crisis of the real: writings on photography, 1974-1989

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Book:Crisis of the real: writings on photography, 1974-1989

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“In the future, readers of newspapers and magazines will probably view news pictures more as illustrations than as reportage, since they can no longer distinguish between a genuine image and one that has been manipulated.”

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“Computer images, like camera images today, will be seen as representations of a simulated, second-degree reality with little or no connection to the unmediated world. This is one lesson we can learn from photographs, and especially from those of the last 25 years: images exist not to be believed, but to be interrogated.”

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“Content to me is very important, but I like it when [the photograph] is also enigmatic. If you don't know what it is you begin to speculate, and that is what I want.”

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“To me, photography was a completely new medium, and I did not... feel the urge to transfer to it my ideas about painting.”

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“As a rule I do not like to explain my photographs, I want my pictures to be read and explored. I believe a good picture is open to many individual (subjective) associations. I am usually pleased when a viewer finds interpretations that I myself had not been aware of.”

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Book:John Gutmann: the photographer at work

Source: John Gutmann: the photographer at work

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