“In photography, the issue of the integration of form and content is exceptionally difficult because of the widely held belief that photographs must be a kind of vicarious experience of the subject itself.” KindFormBeliefDifficultIssuesSubjectsPhotographyPhotographIntegrationVicarious Book:Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-century Photography Source: Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-century Photography
“For me photography had an immediacy... I was trying to resolve certain issues. What was fair or unfair about how people lived, and how they had to live? I thought the most penetrating and most immediate way to get to some of those questions was through photography.” PeopleWayTryingCertainIssuesPhotographyFairsResolveUnfairImmediacy Author:Jerome Liebling
“I can see today that the same sort of issues lie behind taxidermy and photography. Taxidermy consists in preserving a bird in full flight... In the same way, photography halts and freezes motion and life.” WayI CanTodayLyingBehindsIssuesPhotographyBirdFlightFreezeHaltTaxidermy Author:Annette Messager
“The question of the social uses of photography opens out into the very largest issues of the self, of the relationship to community, to reality.” SelfUseRealitySocialCommunityIssuesPhotography Author:Susan Sontag
“Everybody now has a camera, whether it is a professional instrument or just part of a phone. Landscape photography is a pastime enjoyed by more and more. Getting it right is not an issue. It is difficult to make a mistake with the sophisticated technology we now have. Making a personal and creative image is a far greater challenge.” DifficultChallengesMistakeTechnologyCreativeIssuesGreaterPhotographyCamerasInstrumentsPhonesEnjoyedLandscapeSophisticatedPastimeLandscape Photography Author:Michael Kenna
“In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter that he thinks will make the pictures.” ThinkingDoeMatterPracticeIssuesSubjectsPhotographyConcernPhilosophicalPhotographerPhotographSubject Matter Author:John Szarkowski