Source: On photography
P Quotes
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All P Quotes
“Photographs have a relevance for things that cannot be said.”
Source: Olafur Eliasson: photographs
Source: On photography
“Photographs objectify: they turn an event or a person into something that can be possessed.”
Source: Regarding the Pain of Others
“Photographs open doors into the past, but they also alloq a look into the future”
“Photographs put time into such a perspective. They humble us and our selfish memories.”
“Photographs shock insofar as they show something novel.”
Source: On photography
“Photographs supplant and corrupt the past, all the while creating their own memories.”
“Photographs that depict suffering shouldn't be beautiful, as captions shouldn't moralize.”
Source: Regarding the Pain of Others
“Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me.”
“Photographs trade simultaneously on the prestige of art and the magic of the real.”
Source: On photography
Source: Yet Another New Land
Source: A Play of the Cosmos: Script of the Stars
“Photography [can] be seen as a system of representation that you bring to bear on other systems.”
“Photography and movies are a much bigger influence on me than music is itself.”
“Photography and painting, all of that fed into my directing eventually.”
“Photography as a fad is well-nigh on its last legs, thanks principally to the bicycle craze.”
Source: Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes
Source: William Wegman: Funney/strange
Source: Animal Faith and Spiritual Life
“Photography by nature is spiritual, considering it comes from the darkness to show the light.”
Source: The Berenice Abbott portfolios
“Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes.”
“Photography could have been invented in color. Colors existed.”
“Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.”
Source: What Is Cinema?
“Photography doesn't teach you to express your emotions; it teaches you how to see.”
“Photography extends our perception allowing us to see and experience more - second hand.”