“... photography is an imprint or transfer off the real; it is a photochemically processed trace causally connected to the thing in the world to which it refers in a manner parallel to fingerprints or footprints or the rings of water that cold glasses leave on tables. The photograph is thus generically distinct from painting or sculpture or drawing. On the family tree of images it is closer to palm prints, death masks, the Shroud of Turin, or the tracks of gulls on beaches.” WorldRealWaterTreePaintingColdPhotographyTablesPhotographGlassesTrackConnectedDrawingRingsBeachMaskPrintPalmsSculptureParallelsTransfersFootprintFingerprintsShroudsGulls Author:Rosalind E. Krauss
“The subject I liked best was painting, but the teachers didn't approve of my experiments and sometimes criticized me in front of the whole class. Maybe my love for photography came from that humiliation: a photo is something that you develop and print yourself, in the dark, and that remains in the dark until you decide to show it.” SometimesWholeShowsDarkClassTeacherSubjectsFrontsPaintingPhotographyRemainsExperimentsPrintHumiliation Author:Hiroshi Hamaya
“If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as you photograph.” IfsFirstsWellsPaintingPhotographyDrawsPaintPhotographDrawingPrint Author:Bill Jay