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“It's never as good the second time. Things don't get better. You can't always go back, a lot of it has been erased. The photograph is a record of it having existed.”

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George A Tice

George A. Tice is a renowned American photographer born in 1938. His photographs capture the changes in American society and culture with a unique perspective, particularly known for his black and white photography. Tice's work is highly regarded in the art and photography communities, and his photographs have been exhibited domestically and internationally. more

“The very act of representation has been so thoroughly challenged in recent years by postmodern theories that it is impossible not to see the flaws everywhere, in any practice of photography. Traditional genres in particular-journalism, documentary studies, and fine-art photography-have become shells, or forms emptied of meaning.”

“In spite of recent trends towards fabricating photographic narratives, I find, more than ever, traditional photographic capture, the 'discovery' of found narratives, deeply compelling.”

Found Photography Discovery Traditional Narrative Spite Trends Capture Compelling

Author:Richard Misrach

“The desert ... may serve better as the backdrop for the problematic relationship between man and the environment. The human struggle, the successes ... both noble and foolish, are readily apparent in the desert. Symbols and relationships seem to arise that stand for the human condition itself.”

Men Humans May Seems Struggle Environment Conditions Photography Noble Foolish Arise Symbols Desert Human Condition Backdrop

Book:Desert Cantos

Source: Desert Cantos

“People have responded to the pictures I make as mystical things, and they somehow carry the illusion further thinking that the place is this mystical, magical place. The desert is also a very barren place, a very lonely place, a very boring, uneventful place.”

People Thinking Photography Illusion Lonely Boring Desert Mystical Barren Magical Places Lonely Places

Author:Richard Misrach

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