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“The destiny of photography has taken it far beyond the role to which it was originally thought to be limited: to give more accurate reports on reality (including works of art). Photography is the reality; the real object is often experienced as a letdown.”

Giving Art Real Reality Roles Destiny Taken Objects Photography Including Reports Works Of Art Accurate Art Photography Letdowns

Book:On photography

Source: On photography

“Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate. Most of the photographs in your paper, unless they are hard news, are lies. Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality... Most of the pictures we consume are propaganda.”

People Hard Shows Reality Lying Roles Fashion Paper Photography News Photograph Deception Propaganda Glamorous

Author:Martin Parr

“Photography's central role is to be the absolute medium of the day. It is fantastic that there is no longer any technical intimidation.”

Roles Photography Absolutes Mediums Fantastic Intimidation

Author:Martin Parr

“Photography today is accomplishing a lofty mission in which every German should collaborate by buying a camera. The German people is ahead of every other in the technical domain and, thanks to its exceptional qualities, the small camera has conquered the whole world... Much is at stake here from the point of view of popular consumer goods and, furthermore, photography has a particularly important political role to play. (Addressing the Berlin Photography Fair, 1933)”

“I don't think of myself as a photographer. I've engaged questions regarding photography's role in culture... but it is an engagement with a problem rather than a medium.”

Thinking Problem Culture Roles Photography Photographer Mediums Engaged Engagement

Book:Sarah Charlesworth: A Retrospective

Source: Sarah Charlesworth: A Retrospective

“The ultimate role of photography as a contemporary language of visual communication consists of its capacity to slow down our fast and chaotic way of reading images.”

Way Reading Language Roles Communication Photography Capacity Ultimate Contemporary Visuals Slow Down Chaotic

Author:Luigi Ghirri

“It occurs to me that at the beginning one works passionately to learn photography. This takes years, and the craft is usually formed during this period. Then as time passes one finds oneself more in the role of serving the medium... Then, as in the example of several masters that I have been privileged to know personally, it appears that by having devoted oneself totally to the medium, one becomes photography.”

Knows Years Has Beens Roles Example Masters Periods Photography Oneself Mediums Crafts Serving Devoted Privileged Time Passes

Author:Ralph Gibson

“So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful.”

World Has Beens Beautiful Roles Successful Photography Standards Cameras Photograph

Book:On photography

Source: On photography

“There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.”

Roles Movement Photography Majors Environmental

Author:Galen Rowell