“Before, the myth of photography doesn't lie was used in order to cover up tricks. If I [make a] portrait [of] you, accommodate you, illuminate you, put make up on you or use a filter, am I not manipulating reality? The only difference is that now I can do it from the computer in the postclick instead of the preclick. If I decide to photograph something instead of something else, I also manipulate reality. Of course a photograph can lie or commit abuse, but it always could.”
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Source: Tracey Moffatt - laudanum: Katalog zur Ausstellung Tracey Moffatt - laudanum . Ulmer Museum 6. Juni - 18. Juli 1999, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein 11. Sept. - 24. Okt. 1999, Kunstverein Freiburg im Marienbad 14. Juli - 27. Aug. 2000
“Yes, I am Aboriginal but I have the right to be avant-garde like any white artist.”
“My work may feature brown faces but it could be anybody's story.”
