“Cameras began duplicating the world at that moment when the human landscape started to undergo a vertiginous rate of change: while an untold number of forms of biological and social life are being destroyed in a brief span of time, a device is available to record what is disappearing.” WorldHumansMomentsFormSocialNumbersRecordsPhotographyCamerasRateAvailableDisappearDestroyedLandscapeDevicesThat MomentSocial LifeRate Of Change Book:On photography Source: On photography
“If the audience gets everything, if they see the photography and notice that it is good, then the story goes out the window, but if you become involved with the lives of the actors and forget that you are seeing mechanical devices on a huge screen - forget the make-believe - this is the job of the director to involve the audience with the actors.” IfsBelieveStoriesJobsActorsForgetAudienceSeeingHugeInvolvedDirectorsPhotographyWindowScreensDevicesMake Believe Author:Frank Capra
“I was struggling against the flypaper of other arts harnessing film to their own usages, which means essentially as a recording device or within the long historical trap of picture - by which I mean a collection of nameable shapes within a frame. I don't even think still photography, with few exceptions, has made any significant attempt to free itself from that.” ThinkingMeanLongArtMadeStillsFilmStruggleShapesPhotographyHistoricalSignificantCollectionsExceptionDevicesTrapsUsage Author:Stan Brakhage
“Photography is a mechanical device; photomontage is a piece of work done with the products of photography. This entire process forms one whole... If I assemble documents and juxtapose them with intelligence and skill, the effect of agitation and propaganda on the masses will be enormous.” IfsDoneWholeFormProcessPiecesEffectsProductsSkillsPhotographyMassEnormousPropagandaDevicesDocumentsWork DoneAgitation Author:John Heartfield
“The aesthetic discussion of photography is dominated by the concept of time. Photographs appear as devices stopping time and preserving fragments of the past, like flies in amber.” PastPhotographyConceptsPhotographDiscussionDevicesAestheticStoppingFragmentsAmberConcept Of Time Author:Peter Wollen
“Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy human race and even very likely for its survival.” HumansStrongRaceEnvironmentHealthyPhotographyWeaponsSurvivalToolsDefensePropagandaHuman RaceDevicesFostering Author:Eliot Porter