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Quote by Judy Dater

“I've done a lot of nudes and there's always a sexual charge.”

Quote by Judy Dater

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Judy Dater, born on June 21, 1941, is an accomplished photographer known for her unique perspective and profound insights into American social culture. more

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“The older I get, the one thing I can trust in myself more than anything else is the way I feel about something. When I photograph I try to be as aware of my feelings as I can be to somehow try and get them out of me and onto the film in terms of the way I am responding or seeing the world.”

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Book:Judy Dater, twenty years

Source: Judy Dater, twenty years

“I've consciously tried to be provocative and disturbing.”

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“Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment.”

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“A photograph is a photograph, a picture, an image, an illusion complete within itself, depending neither on words, reproductive processes or anything else for its life, its reason for being.”

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“There were no black images of dignity, no images of beautiful black people. There was this big hole. I tried to fill it.”

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“For me, photography must be visual, rather than intellectual and ideological.”

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“I try to photograph things that are near to me because I work best among things I know. I'm not concerned with startling anyone or discovering new forms; formal qualities are only tools to help state my message.”

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“As an academic I feel I should intellectualize and theoretically analyze when all I really want to do is let the work take me somewhere, manipulate me, and then rough me up a bit. When it comes right down to it, I only want to spend time with work that makes me think and teaches me something while making my body react.”

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“I am attempting to move away from the exclusionary practices of feminist theory, particularly anti-pornography rhetoric, in order to amplify the discussion about the complexity of pleasure for women.”

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“I often call my current work pornographic - when I don't, I can always be sure someone else will.”

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