Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.
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Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature of reality - it simply reproduces reality. And what good is that when the things of real value in life are invisible?
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
To photograph reality is to photograph nothing.
Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.
Everything has the potential to be extraordinary, whether an old photograph, a book or a life. If you find it ordinary, you simply need to take a closer look.
The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing.
In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.
Making a pretty picture, an image, is a completely different thing from acting to camera.
Many people misunderstand me - I'm quite happy to be called a photographer. All of a sudden, the art world has caught up with photography, and they are trying to hijack us.
There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.
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