“When we describe a process, or make out an invoice, or photograph a tree, we create models; without them we would know nothing of reality and would be animals.” KnowsRealityWould BeProcessAnimalTreeModelsPhotographMake Out Book:Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007 Source: Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007
“[My work] includes something about death, and about love, because the photos always have something to do with death. The photograph is like taxidermy. It is like the animals I use. They are posed in order to appear to be alive, but they are dead. Their time has passed. The photos have to do with time and loss, and conclusion.” UseOrderLossLove IsAnimalAlivePhotographConclusionTaxidermy Author:Annette Messager
“You have to bring to the photograph a prejudice about something, and I'm prejudiced against farmers who tie dead animals on fences. Therefore, I can make a meaningful photograph.” I CanAnimalPrejudicePhotographMeaningfulTiesFarmersFence Author:Rondal Partridge
“I often had to pass over photographs because in a mass of animals invariably one would be wandering in the wrong direction, thereby disrupting the pattern I was trying to achieve. Today the ability to digitally alter this disruption is at hand.” TryingHandsWould BeTodayAbilityAnimalAchieveMassPhotographPatternsWanderDisruptionWrong Direction Author:Art Wolfe