Photography is the typical means of expression of a society founded on a civilization of technicians, conscious of the aims it has set for itself... Its power of exactly reproducing external reality, a power inherent in its technique, lends it a documentary character and makes it appear as the most faithful and impartial process for the reproduction of social life.
Yet it seems so easy to take a photograph! One forgets that, apart from the technical aspects, photography can be a mental creation and the affirmati… - Gisele Freund
Yet it seems so easy to take a photograph! One forgets that, apart from the technical aspects, photography can be a mental creation and the affirmati…
- Gisele Freund
Before the first press pictures, the ordinary man would visualize only those events that took place near him, on his street or in his village. Photog… - Gisele Freund
Before the first press pictures, the ordinary man would visualize only those events that took place near him, on his street or in his village. Photog…
Photography is the typical means of expression of a society founded on a civilization of technicians, conscious of the aims it has set for itself... … - Gisele Freund
Photography is the typical means of expression of a society founded on a civilization of technicians, conscious of the aims it has set for itself... …
The lens, that allegedly impartial eye, permits all possible distortions of reality... The importance of photography lies not only in the fact that i… - Gisele Freund
The lens, that allegedly impartial eye, permits all possible distortions of reality... The importance of photography lies not only in the fact that i…
...in the theatre the stage keeps the audience aware of the fictional nature of the action. The reader poring over a magazine, on the other hand, ide… - Gisele Freund
...in the theatre the stage keeps the audience aware of the fictional nature of the action. The reader poring over a magazine, on the other hand, ide…
When you do not like human beings, you cannot make good portraits. - Gisele Freund
When you do not like human beings, you cannot make good portraits.
For me, at least, studying my subjects first and knowing them personally was essential to taking a good picture. - Gisele Freund
For me, at least, studying my subjects first and knowing them personally was essential to taking a good picture.
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