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Taryn Simon Quotes: 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.


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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.

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.



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.



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

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



The majority of my work is about preparation.

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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I'm very interested in people, in general.

I'm very interested in people, in general.



The tree of life should perhaps be called the coral of life, base of branches dead; so that passages cannot be seen-this again offers contradiction to constant succession of germs in progress.

The tree of life should perhaps be called the coral of life, base of branches dead; so that passages cannot be seen-this again offers contradiction to constant succession of germs in progress.



I love the way the American trade magazines never give anybody a bad review because they're afraid the advertising will be taken out. It's so hysterical.

I love the way the American trade magazines never give anybody a bad review because they're afraid the advertising will be taken out. It's so hysterical.



Israel deserves America's friendship in reality - not just in rhetoric.

Israel deserves America's friendship in reality - not just in rhetoric.



I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.



If you want change, it has to be generational. We have this unbelievable opportunity to make that change. Entertainment enables us to entice and educate mass audiences into a shift of consciousness.

If you want change, it has to be generational. We have this unbelievable opportunity to make that change. Entertainment enables us to entice and educate mass audiences into a shift of consciousness.



The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.



In October 1917, we parted with the old world, rejecting it once and for all. We are moving toward a new world, a world of Communism. We shall never turn off that road.

In October 1917, we parted with the old world, rejecting it once and for all. We are moving toward a new world, a world of Communism. We shall never turn off that road.



Now even the heavens are thankful that because of love I have become the giver of light.

Now even the heavens are thankful that because of love I have become the giver of light.



Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs.

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs.




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