Occupation: Photographer Birth: August 16, 1896 Death: January 6, 1942
Photography, precisely because it can only be produced in the present and because it is based on what exists objectively before the camera, takes its….
... I just feel impotent - I don't know which way to start or turn. You know what they say about a prophet in one's own country - well - in a way it ….
Always, when the words art and artistic are applied to my photographic work, I am disagreeably affected. This is due, surely, to the bad use and abus….
The majority of photographers still seek artistic effects, imitating other mediums of graphic expression. The result is a hybrid product that does no….
I cannot, as you [Edward Weston] once proposed to me - solve the problem of life by losing myself in the problem of art ... in my case, life is alway….
I know that the materials found on the streets is rich and wonderful, but my experience is that the way I am accustomed to work, slowly planning my c….
To know whether photography is or is not an art matters little. What is important is to distinguish between good and bad photography. By good is mean….
I don't believe in marriage. I think at worst it's a hostile political act, a way for small-minded men to keep women in the house and out of the way,….
I cannot solve the problem of life by losing myself in the problem of art..