For me, what was important was to record everything I saw around me, and to do this as methodically as possible. In these circumstances a good photograph is a picture that comes as close as possible to reality. But the camera never manages to record what your eyes see, or what you feel at the moment. The camera always creates a new reality.
Images have an advanced religion; they bury history. - Alfredo Jaar
Images have an advanced religion; they bury history.
- Alfredo Jaar
Certainly when you do a work for a public space, you lose control. - Alfredo Jaar
Certainly when you do a work for a public space, you lose control.
We are the result of the stimulus we receive. - Alfredo Jaar
We are the result of the stimulus we receive.
America is our continent. You feel in the daily language that Americans use the word "America" to erase the rest of the continent from the map. And, … - Alfredo Jaar
America is our continent. You feel in the daily language that Americans use the word "America" to erase the rest of the continent from the map. And, …
How many languages do we really speak? - Alfredo Jaar
How many languages do we really speak?
As we all know, the objective and mission of the photojournalist is to show us the reality of the world. And in order to capture that reality, they g… - Alfredo Jaar
As we all know, the objective and mission of the photojournalist is to show us the reality of the world. And in order to capture that reality, they g…
I remember her eyes. The eyes of Gutete Emerita. - Alfredo Jaar
I remember her eyes. The eyes of Gutete Emerita.
Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stop… - Alfredo Jaar
Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stop…
For me, what was important was to record everything I saw around me, and to do this as methodically as possible. In these circumstances a good photog… - Alfredo Jaar
For me, what was important was to record everything I saw around me, and to do this as methodically as possible. In these circumstances a good photog…
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