My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was dead. I began to work in collaboration with other artists in the creation of performances and installation works. Soon after, I started making video and photographic works and in the process became fascinated with the media itself. Before long I was setting things up just for the camera. In l970 I got a dog and he turned out to be very interested in video and photography as well.
My Weimaraners are perfect fashion models. Their elegant, slinky forms are covered in gray - and gray, everyone knows, goes with anything. - William Wegman
My Weimaraners are perfect fashion models. Their elegant, slinky forms are covered in gray - and gray, everyone knows, goes with anything.
- William Wegman
I was born on a tiny cot in southwestern Massachusetts during World War II. A sickly child, I turned to photography to overcome my loneliness and iso… - William Wegman
I was born on a tiny cot in southwestern Massachusetts during World War II. A sickly child, I turned to photography to overcome my loneliness and iso…
Dangle something in front of the camera. Get something surprising to be released. - William Wegman
Dangle something in front of the camera. Get something surprising to be released.
Sometimes I've drawn on autobiographical material, maybe situations that I've felt trapped by, and turned them into something else, but in a very sup… - William Wegman
Sometimes I've drawn on autobiographical material, maybe situations that I've felt trapped by, and turned them into something else, but in a very sup…
Start with a premise and then somehow invert it. - William Wegman
Start with a premise and then somehow invert it.
I get so confused about life photography art. - William Wegman
I get so confused about life photography art.
I was really relieved not to have to drag something in front of the camera; I could use a pencil and paper. A regular pencil and typing paper. That a… - William Wegman
I was really relieved not to have to drag something in front of the camera; I could use a pencil and paper. A regular pencil and typing paper. That a…
My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was dead. I began to work in coll… - William Wegman
My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was dead. I began to work in coll…
As soon as I got funny, I killed any majestic intentions in my work. - William Wegman
As soon as I got funny, I killed any majestic intentions in my work.
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