“Somewhere between what the lens depicts and what the caption interprets, a mental picture intervenes, a cultural ideology defining what and how to see, what to recognize as significant.”
― Reading American Photographs: Images as History: Mathew Brady to Walker Evans
― Reading American Photographs: Images as History: Mathew Brady to Walker Evans
“If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.”
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“Above all else, it is about leaving a mark that I existed: I was here. I was hungry. I was defeated. I was happy. I was sad. I was in love. I was afraid. I was hopeful. I had an idea and I had a good purpose and that's why I made works of art. ”
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“Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.”
― Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
― Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
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