“The photographs are not illustrative. They, and the text, are coequal, mutually independent, and fully collaborative. By their fewness, and by the importance of the reader’s eye, this will be misunderstood by most of that minority which does not wholly ignore it. In the interests, however, of the history and future of photography, that risk seems irrelevant, and this flat statement necessary.” DoeSeemsEyeInterestRiskReaderPhotographyImportanceIndependentPhotographerPhotographStatementsMinoritiesFlatsIrrelevantMisunderstood Author:Walker Evans
“It might sound crazy, but filming in a conflict zone, in Afghanistan, and being a female filmmaker was the easy part. I found people open and understanding of the importance and beauty of filmic storytelling. I never had to explain why Jake Bryant, my Director of Photography, and I were climbing up a ladder to get a high shot, or running ahead to get an arrival shot, or filming weeks after weeks, months after months, collecting so much material. The process was respected and honored.” PeopleMightRunningFoundEasyProcessUnderstandingSoundWeekCrazyMaterialsMonthsDirectorsConflictPhotographyShotsFemaleImportanceStorytellingFilmmakerZoneClimbingAfghanistanHonoredLaddersCollectingArrivalsJakeClimbing Up Author:Pietra Brettkelly
“For me, the importance of photography is that you can point to something, that you can let other people see things. Ultimately, it is a matter of the specialness of the ordinary.” PeopleMatterPhotographyOrdinaryImportanceSpecialness Author:Rineke Dijkstra
“The lens, that allegedly impartial eye, permits all possible distortions of reality... The importance of photography lies not only in the fact that it is a creation, but above all in the fact that it is one of the most effective means of shaping our ideas and influencing our behavior.” MeanIdeasFactsRealityEyeLyingInfluenceCreationBehaviorPhotographyImportancePermitLensesDistortion Author:Gisele Freund
“The importance of immobility and silence to photographic authority, the nonfilmic nature of this authority, leads me to some remarks on the relationship of photography with death. Immobility and silence are not only two objective aspects of death, they are also its main symbols, they figure it.” TwoSilenceFiguresAuthorityPhotographyAspectImportanceObjectivesSymbolsRemarksLeading Me Author:Christian Metz
“To photograph is to confer importance.” PhotographyImportancePhotograph Book:On photography Source: On photography