“Photographs are still always depictions, it's just that for my generation the model for the photograph is probably not reality any more, but images we have of that reality.” StillsRealityGenerationsModelsPhotographMy GenerationDepiction Author:Thomas Ruff
“The people have to know what my portraits are like in order to behave in such a way that the result is one of my portraits.” PeopleKnowsWayOrderResultsBehavePortraits Author:Thomas Ruff
“I received my training at an art academy, so what I produce is art. That's what is artistic about my photographs.” ArtProduceTrainingPhotographArtisticAcademy Author:Thomas Ruff
“You cannot explain the whole world in one photograph. Photography pretends. You can see everything that's in front of the camera, but there's always something beside it.” WorldWholeFrontsPhotographyCamerasPhotographWhole World Author:Thomas Ruff
“My images are not images of reality, but show a kind of second reality, the image of the image.” KindShowsReality Author:Thomas Ruff
“In photography, you always have both the medium and the depicted subject at the same time.” SubjectsPhotographyMediums Author:Thomas Ruff
“What I want is to create a discussion about what is happening around the world and to provoke some debate with these pictures. Nothing more than this.” WorldWantHappeningsDebateAround The WorldDiscussionProvoking Author:Sebastiao Salgado
“Photography is full of symbolism, it's a symbolic language. You have to be able to materialize all your thoughts in one single image.” AbleLanguagePhotographySymbolicSymbolism Author:Sebastiao Salgado
“Unlike a bow and arrow, a camera by its nature ensures that some kind of target will always be hit, if not necessarily the intended target nor in the intended way.” IfsWayKindCamerasTargetBowsArrowsBows And Arrows Author:Luc Sante
“What I do is put mirrors in the right place to reflect an image.” MirrorsRight Place Book:Fashion Magazine Source: Fashion Magazine