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Quote by John Gossage

“You can do anything you like, it's all fiction.”

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John Gossage, born in 1946, is a renowned photographer known for his unique perspective and style. His work focuses on capturing the details of everyday life, conveying profound social significance through photographic art. more

“A [spatial, temporal] work had only to be exhibited in a gallery and then written about and reproduced as a photograph in an art magazine. Then this record of the no longer extant installation, along with accretions of information after the fact, became the basis for its fame, and to a large extent its economic value.”

Art Facts Values Records Written Economic Information Fame Bases Photograph Magazines Gallery Spatial Installation Economic Value

Author:Dan Graham

“I think [indications of vulnerability are] why so many portraits work when they're difficult: we believe we're presenting ourselves one way, but the camera always reveals something more vulnerable, despite our best efforts.”

Thinking Way Believe Difficult Effort Cameras Despite Vulnerable One Way Vulnerability Portraits Indication Presenting Best Effort

Author:Katy Grannan

“This is the way photography can be cruel... in the sense that it describes everything, even the things we are not necessarily aware we're revealing.”

Way Photography Revealing

Author:Katy Grannan

“I have a terror of things being nice and knowing what to expect. Making a photograph is a license to have experiences that I would not otherwise have.”

Knowing Nice Photograph Terror Being Nice License

Author:Katy Grannan

“There's always been something illicit about the way I work. I'm photographing people I don't know, when nobody else is home - there's a necessary degree of secrecy.”

People Knows Way Home Degrees Secrecy

Author:Katy Grannan

“I attempt to channel my anger into the tip of my forefinger as I press the shutter.”

Presses Shutters

Author:Philip Jones Griffiths

“Real photography is a wonderfully inclusive, democratic medium, whereas art photography is more often a private pursuit by conmen.”

Art Real Photography Democratic Pursuit Mediums Art Photography

Author:Philip Jones Griffiths

“When Bill Gates started Corbis we were told that he needed images to fill those digital picture frames in his home, and many found this plausible. But now it's pretty clear that he's set out to control the visual history of the twentieth century.”

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Author:Philip Jones Griffiths

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