David Levi Strauss > Quotes

“Photography is light-writing, the language of images. Less abstract than written or spoken language, it selects images from the existing world of appearances and arranges them in patterns. The camera-eye doesn't think, it recognizes. It shows us what we already know, but don't know that we know.”
― David Levi Strauss, Between the Eyes: Essays On Photography And Politics

“The two were giddy at their prospects. They were so happy that at times they felt things were going almost too well, that something had to go wrong just to balance things out. But those feelings did not linger.”
― David L. Strauss