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“... anybody who has spent time with cameras and photographs knows that images, like gravestone rubbings, are no more than impressions of the truth.”

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Michael Light, born in 1963, is a mysterious figure whose identity and profession remain unknown. more

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“I struggle against photography. I struggle against the fact that it is silent, that it is just a piece of paper on the wall, often presented in a tedious white matt frame.”

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“We have not only the right, but a specific duty, to honestly and unflinchingly look at all aspects of our world, both the one we create as humans and the one we are lucky enough to inhabit as a species.”

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“I don't particularly care about photographic authorship. Whether an astronaut who doesn't even have a viewfinder makes an image, a robotic camera, a military photographer, or Mike Light really doesn't matter. What matters is the context of the final photograph and the meaning it generates within that context.”

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“I am a photographer who likes to make images, but I also want to get a sense and understanding of images that have already been made. I don't fabricate worlds; I pay attention to the things that already surround us.”

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“I come at a subject from a profoundly photographic level. I am not interested in pictures that ultimately don't work as pictures.”

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“In montage's original form as photomontage, it is capable of striking effects and on occasion it can even become a powerful political weapon. Such effects arise from its technique of juxtaposing heterogeneous, unrelated pieces of reality torn from their context. A good photomontage has the same effect as a good joke.”

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“[My subjects] look lost because that is how I see life. I think we are all a bit lost, lost in a world we can't understand.”

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“I trained as a painter, and I still love painting, but eventually I became aware that the physical aspect of painting didn't really suit me. I didn't enjoy working in the medium. It's very messy. I prefer to have it clean, with a nice computer.”

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“The images are compositions of photos superimposed over painted backgrounds, then finished off with digital alterations.”

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“Usually I work with a digital camera and compose my works digitally or give them a finish on the computer, in order to make them meet my ideas perfectly.”

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