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“I realized eventually that if I was really on top of what I was doing, I should be able to make photographs out of almost anything.”

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Grant Mudford

Born in 1944, Grant Mudford is an accomplished photographer known for his unique perspective and masterful use of light and shadow. His work spans various genres, from natural landscapes to humanistic documentation. more

“One of the magical things about photography is the transformation that takes place when you photograph something. Something that inherently has very little going for it in terms of the interest you take in it, can become infinitely more interesting when rendered as a photograph. It's no longer a building. It's a photograph.”

Littles Term Interest Interesting Building Photography Transformation Photograph Going For It

Author:Grant Mudford

“Photography has become an outstanding and indispensable means of propaganda in the revolutionary struggle.”

Mean Struggle Photography Propaganda Revolutionary Indispensable Outstanding

Author:Willi Munzenberg

“Photography works upon the human eye: what is seen is reflected in the brain without the need for complicated thought. In this way the bourgeoisie takes advantage of the mental indolence of the masses and does good business as well.”

Way Needs Humans Wells Doe Eye Brain Photography Mass Advantage Complicated Bourgeoisie Indolence Good Business Human Eyes

Author:Willi Munzenberg

“Illusions as bad as mine make people aware of the fallacies of visual information and the pleasure to be derived from such fallacies.”

People Pleasure Information Mines Illusion Visuals Fallacy

Book:Vik Muniz: seeing is believing

Source: Vik Muniz: seeing is believing

“My first reaction to finding Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty in a book was, Wow, what a great photograph! I could not believe that someone had gone to so much trouble just to end up with a picture.”

Firsts Believe Book Ends Gone Trouble Findings Photograph Reactions Wow Spirals Jetty

Author:Vik Muniz

“Whenever I am tired of making photographs of drawings, I make drawings of photographs.”

Tired Photograph Drawing

Author:Vik Muniz

“Now that photography is a digital medium, the ghost of painting is coming to haunt it: photography no longer retains a sense of truth. I think that's great, because it frees photography from factuality, the same way photography freed painting from factuality in the mid-nineteenth century.”

Thinking Way Century Painting Photography Ghost Mediums Digital Nineteenth Century

Author:Vik Muniz

“If you find an idea without form, please let me know because I would love to take a picture of it.”

Ifs Knows Ideas Form Please Let Me

Book:Vik Muniz: seeing is believing

Source: Vik Muniz: seeing is believing

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