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“If art is the poetic interpretation of nature, photography is the exact translation; it is exactitude in art or the complement of art. (1854)”

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Charles Negre

Charles Negre, a figure from the 19th century, with an unknown profession and category. His life and career are not well-documented, with his birth and death dates being 1820 to January 16, 1880. more

“Being a painter myself... whenever I could dispense with architectural precision, I indulged in the picturesque, in which case I sacrificed a few details when necessary in favor of an imposing effect that would give a monument its real character and also preserve the poetic charm that surrounds it.”

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Author:Charles Negre

“Part of me has always resisted the Western clichéd image of Muslim women, depicting them as nothing more than silent victims. My art, without denying 'repression,' is a testimony to unspoken female power and the continuing protest in Islamic culture.”

“Beautiful woman wrapped in chadors, with huge machine guns in their hands. Brilliant, shocking, amazingly contradictory images. They compelled me to deeply investigate these ideas.”

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Author:Shirin Neshat

“Poets use metaphors and symbolism to construct images. I construct my images in the same way, except that I am using a different form.”

Way Different Use Form Poet Metaphor Constructs Symbolism Using Me

Author:Shirin Neshat

“Those of us living in the state of in between have certain advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of being exposed to a new culture and in my case the freedom that comes with living in the USA. The disadvantages of course being that you will never experience again being a center or quite home anywhere.”

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Author:Shirin Neshat

“The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no rules for behavior. So you can do anything you want.”

Want Can Do Behavior My Favorite Genre Best Things Sci Fi Genre Is

Author:Brion James

“I find that through the study of women, you get to the heart - the truth - of the culture.”

Heart Culture Study

Author:Shirin Neshat

“I'm not very good at working for other people. I mostly make pictures because of some whim. With luck, I get a glimpse of something, and then it turns into an adventure, and then into a project.”

People Turns Adventure Projects Luck Very Good Glimpse Whim

Author:Nicholas Nixon

“People are self-conscious at first. But it gets better as we kind of dance with each other... it's like a date, in a way. We get more comfortable together. The best pictures are usually the last ones.”

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Author:Nicholas Nixon

“[My] pictures are about memory and forgetfulness. The evidence is dissolving. Bones crumble; human ash returns to soil; teeth, sandals, hair, bullets, axes disperse into atoms and molecules. Footprints in the snow will be erased by the next storm. The evidence of evil, like the evidence of good, obeys the universal laws of entropy. Heat cools, matter disintegrates, memories fade. If we let them.”

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