[Eugene Smith] was always writing these diatribes about truth, and how he wanted to tell the truth, the truth, the truth. It was a real rebel position. It was kind of like a teenager's position: why can't things be like they should be? Why can't I do what I want? I latched on to that philosophy. One day I snapped, hey, you know, I know a story that no one's ever told, never seen, and I've lived it. It's my own story and my friends' story.
I am a storyteller. I've never been interested in just taking the single image and moving on. I always like to stay with the people I'm photographing… - Larry Clark
I am a storyteller. I've never been interested in just taking the single image and moving on. I always like to stay with the people I'm photographing…
- Larry Clark
I tell people to frame the picture. Make the greatest, most perfect composition you can . . . and then take a step forward. It skews it a bit and mak… - Larry Clark
I tell people to frame the picture. Make the greatest, most perfect composition you can . . . and then take a step forward. It skews it a bit and mak…
I just happened to have my camera and be photographing my friends. It was totally innocent; there was no purpose to the photographs. There was a puri… - Larry Clark
I just happened to have my camera and be photographing my friends. It was totally innocent; there was no purpose to the photographs. There was a puri…
If you're going to photograph skateboarders you can't run after them, you've got to learn how to skate. So at about 50 years old I learned how to ska… - Larry Clark
If you're going to photograph skateboarders you can't run after them, you've got to learn how to skate. So at about 50 years old I learned how to ska…
My favorite color is green. - Larry Clark
My favorite color is green.
If I want something I do everything to get it. - Larry Clark
If I want something I do everything to get it.
My greatest lesson in composition was looking at paintings. - Larry Clark
My greatest lesson in composition was looking at paintings.
For me there are no rules. I think I learned that from artists-from painters and sculptors. It took photography a while to catch up to them. - Larry Clark
For me there are no rules. I think I learned that from artists-from painters and sculptors. It took photography a while to catch up to them.
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