Something about photography is tied to a very specific relationship with the material world. It doesn't have to be, but the way I practice it, it is. So there's an act of observation, but it's not an act of objective recording. It's about framing something and seeing it and understanding that it's relational.
I'm in all of my work, and there's nowhere to hide when you make work. - Zoe Leonard
I'm in all of my work, and there's nowhere to hide when you make work.
- Zoe Leonard
Making work for me is being in the world, but it's also being specific about being in the world. I'm interested in this increasingly rare space of co… - Zoe Leonard
Making work for me is being in the world, but it's also being specific about being in the world. I'm interested in this increasingly rare space of co…
I choose to work behind the camera. And I kind of want to make the work and then run away. The presentation of myself really feels complicated for me. - Zoe Leonard
I choose to work behind the camera. And I kind of want to make the work and then run away. The presentation of myself really feels complicated for me.
You need to have your eyes open because it's really scary what's happening. - Zoe Leonard
You need to have your eyes open because it's really scary what's happening.
We're all busy. It's a very fast-paced world. And art - and by that, I mean culture in a wider sense - is one of the few spaces where we're allowed t… - Zoe Leonard
We're all busy. It's a very fast-paced world. And art - and by that, I mean culture in a wider sense - is one of the few spaces where we're allowed t…
Photographers talk about their shoot ratio. Like four to one, six to one, ten to one! Whatever, I'm, like, seven billion to one. It is just ridiculou… - Zoe Leonard
Photographers talk about their shoot ratio. Like four to one, six to one, ten to one! Whatever, I'm, like, seven billion to one. It is just ridiculou…
Progress is always an exchange. We gain something, we give something else up. I'm interested in looking at some of what we are losing. - Zoe Leonard
Progress is always an exchange. We gain something, we give something else up. I'm interested in looking at some of what we are losing.
What I've always liked about photography is that it's such a direct way of showing what's on my mind. I see something. I show it to you. - Zoe Leonard
What I've always liked about photography is that it's such a direct way of showing what's on my mind. I see something. I show it to you.
I'm always amazed at how people make work no matter how intense the pressure. - Zoe Leonard
I'm always amazed at how people make work no matter how intense the pressure.
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