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I want to see everything. I guess the positive version of not seeing or not knowing would be preservation of fantasy.


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There is no truth in photography. One can't reproduce an absolute truth. That said, I don't see [my photographs] as being any less truthful than any other photographs.



Archives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information.

Archives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information.



My work is drawn to the political but avoids an agenda. There is no inherent critique or support.

My work is drawn to the political but avoids an agenda. There is no inherent critique or support.



Photography threatens fantasy.

Photography threatens fantasy.



The photograph doesn't claim to be a participant, or to know, or to be a club member of whatever it's documenting - photography is more demanding when it doesn't pretend to know.

The photograph doesn't claim to be a participant, or to know, or to be a club member of whatever it's documenting - photography is more demanding when it doesn't pretend to know.



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The majority of my work is about preparation.



Photography's history is bound to the mistake, to the accident.

Photography's history is bound to the mistake, to the accident.



In my work, I construct texts and images. Between those two points the blur occurs. Each is altered by the other again and again, back and forth.

In my work, I construct texts and images. Between those two points the blur occurs. Each is altered by the other again and again, back and forth.





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The key to productive life is a complete care for the body, soul, spirit and mental well being.



And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him. I never believed the people who said God was destructive or punishing.

And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him. I never believed the people who said God was destructive or punishing.



Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole.

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole.



nothings promised, not the rest of tonight, not all of tomorrow!

nothings promised, not the rest of tonight, not all of tomorrow!



They sell us the President the same way they sell us our clothes and cars.

They sell us the President the same way they sell us our clothes and cars.



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Action can make you laugh. But just because you are glad. Even if there is no meaning.



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