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“The photograph is a tool used to take you back to a certain point in one's life, to remember a face or a place you once stood. I feel there is always something quite melancholic about a photograph.”

Quote by Idris Khan

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Idris Khan

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“The moment you make a photograph you consign whatever you photograph to the past as that specific moment no longer exists, it is history. The photography that I practice takes place in a specific time and place, depicting real moments in people's lives. In some ways I think of myself as a historian, but not of the word. History is most often written from a distance, and rarely from the viewpoint of those who endured it.”

People Thinking Way Real Moments Past Practice Written Photography Distance Photograph Historian Viewpoints

Author:Chris Killip

“I take what isn't mine and I covet other people's lives.”

People Mines

Author:Chris Killip

“I have always loved the amateur side of photography, automatic photographs, accidental photographs with uncentered compositions, heads cut off, whatever. I incite people to make their self-portraits. I see myself as their walking photo booth.”

People Self Sides Cutting Walking Photography Photograph Composition Portraits Self Portrait

Author:William Klein

“Sometimes, I'd take shots without aiming, just to see what happened. I'd rush into crowds - bang! bang! ... It must be close to what a fighter feels after jabbing and circling and getting hit, when suddenly there's an opening, and bang! Right on the button. It's a fantastic feeling.”

Feels Sometimes Feelings Happened Shots Crowds Opening Fighter Fantastic Buttons Bangs

Author:William Klein

“I have always done the opposite of what I was trained to do... Having little technical background, I became a photographer. Adopting a machine, I do my utmost to make it malfunction. For me, to make a photograph is to make an anti-photograph.”

Littles Done Machines Opposites Photographer Photograph Backgrounds Adopting Malfunction

Author:William Klein

“I thought New York had it coming, that it needed a kick in the balls. When I returned to New York, I wanted to get even. Now I had a weapon, photography.”

Wanted New York Needed Photography Weapons Balls Kicks

Author:William Klein

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