I want to make photographs whose very ambiguity provokes thought, rather than cuts it off prematurely. I want to make pictures that work on a more mysterious level, that approach the truth by a more circuitous route.
I often wondered why I was attracted to certain landscapes and not others and why my photographs (and depictions by other artists) looked the way the… - John Pfahl
I often wondered why I was attracted to certain landscapes and not others and why my photographs (and depictions by other artists) looked the way the…
- John Pfahl
It is not without trepidation that I have appropriated the codes of the Sublime and the Picturesque in my work. After all, serious photographers have… - John Pfahl
It is not without trepidation that I have appropriated the codes of the Sublime and the Picturesque in my work. After all, serious photographers have…
Somehow I felt that if Fox Talbot had had more time and more drawing talent, he would have filled in the interval between his two drawings and made a… - John Pfahl
Somehow I felt that if Fox Talbot had had more time and more drawing talent, he would have filled in the interval between his two drawings and made a…
As Estelle Jussim wrote, it is almost impossible for a single photograph to state both the problem and the solution. - John Pfahl
As Estelle Jussim wrote, it is almost impossible for a single photograph to state both the problem and the solution.
I became wary of simple interpretations that assumed fixed and final meanings. - John Pfahl
I became wary of simple interpretations that assumed fixed and final meanings.
Strangers with puzzled looks were amazingly cooperative in letting me into their rooms with my photographic gear. They let me take down the curtains,… - John Pfahl
Strangers with puzzled looks were amazingly cooperative in letting me into their rooms with my photographic gear. They let me take down the curtains,…
I want to make photographs whose very ambiguity provokes thought, rather than cuts it off prematurely. I want to make pictures that work on a more my… - John Pfahl
I want to make photographs whose very ambiguity provokes thought, rather than cuts it off prematurely. I want to make pictures that work on a more my…
I have been using the art of photography to research the ways in which the pictorial strategies of the Nineteenth Century color the way in which the … - John Pfahl
I have been using the art of photography to research the ways in which the pictorial strategies of the Nineteenth Century color the way in which the …
People think the camera steals their soul. Places, I am convinced, are affected in the opposite direction. The more they are photographed (or drawn a… - John Pfahl
People think the camera steals their soul. Places, I am convinced, are affected in the opposite direction. The more they are photographed (or drawn a…
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion