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“The richness of our contemporary visual world must be seen as a danger. It is an overwhelming and oppressive world. A world that manifests itself fundamentally through the image is only a few steps from totalitarian manipulation.”

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Edmundo Desnoes

Edmundo Desnoes is an individual born in 1930 with an unknown profession. His life experiences and contributions are limited in available information and require further research. more

“The Latin American photographer has the possibility, and the means, for naming the things of our world, for demonstrating that there is another kind of beauty, that the faces of the First World are not the only ones. These Indian, black, plundered white and mestizo faces are the first element defining the demographic content of our photography.”

World Firsts Kind Mean Faces Black White Possibility Elements Photography Photographer Indian Latin Our World Defining Latin America Demographics Demonstrating Latin American

Author:Edmundo Desnoes

“I start by thinking I'm going to make use of all possibilities without troubling any longer about problems when something starts to be art. I don't make the ETERNAL work of ART, I only give visual information.”

Thinking Giving Art Use Problem Information Possibility Eternal Visuals Works Of Art

Author:Jan Dibbets

“I really believe in having projects which in fact can't be carried out, or which are so simple that anyone could work them out. I once made four spots on the map of Holland, without knowing where they were. Then I found out how to get there and went to the place and took a snapshot. Quite stupid. Anybody can do that.”

Believe Made Facts Found Can Do Simple Knowing Four Stupid Projects Spots Maps Holland Snapshots

Author:Jan Dibbets

“The documentation about the work isn't of real importance to me either. I've done lots of works without taking photographs.”

Real Done Importance Photograph Documentation

Author:Jan Dibbets

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