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“We all die twice - once when we actually die and once when no one on earth recognizes our photograph.”

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Christian Boltanski, born on September 6, 1944, is a renowned sculptor. His works often explore themes of memory, time, and personal identity, using everyday objects and photography to evoke emotional responses from viewers. more

“... in the eyes of its visitors, Venice has no reality of its own. Anyone visiting the place has already seen so many pictures of it that they can only attempt to view it via these clichés, and they take home photographs of Venice that are similar to the ones they already knew. Venice [is] becoming like one of those painted backdrops that photographers use in their studio.”

Use Home Reality Eye Views Becoming Photographer Photograph Studios Visiting Venice Visitors Backdrop

Author:Christian Boltanski

“Do you serve a purpose, or purposely serve?”

Purpose

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“The pictures present an improvised view of life as normal. Life is shown as we think we see it but in fact never do. The pictures imitate life to find a way out.”

Thinking Way Facts Life Is Views Normal Normal Life

Author:David Salle

“You mock those who blindly follow the majority...turn your attention now to those who are so dedicated to deviating from the norm that they would gladly cease breathing if it were suggested to them that inhalation was a form of conformity; for they deserve just as much scrutiny and ridicule.”

Ifs Form Turns Attention Deserve Majority Cease Breathing Conformity Dedicated Norm Ridicule Mock Scrutiny

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“Making art has first of all to do with honesty. My first lesson was to see objectively, to erase all meaning of the thing seen. Then only could the real meaning of it be understood and felt.”

Firsts Art Real Felt Honesty Lessons Understood Erase

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“Photography isolates the world via an aperture and gives the photographer the means to see differently, to achieve a spontaneous vision that is direct and uncompromising.”

World Giving Mean Vision Achieve Photography Direct Photographer Spontaneous Uncompromising Aperture

Author:Ellsworth Kelly

“The expressive techniques of painting are capable of conveying an analogy but not an impossible photograph of a moment.”

Moments Impossible Painting Capable Photograph Technique Analogies Expressive Conveying

Author:Edouard Vuillard

“What is the focus of the new image infrastructure? Attention. It's all designed for capturing, tracking, quantifying, manipulating, holding, buying, selling and controlling attention.”

Attention Focus Selling Buying Infrastructure Tracking

Author:Bruce Mau

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