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No individual photo explains anything. That’s what makes photography such a wonderful and problematic medium.


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The job of the color photographer is to provide some level of abstraction that can take the image out of the daily.

The job of the color photographer is to provide some level of abstraction that can take the image out of the daily.



Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged.

Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged.



I'm trying to take pictures of less and less.

I'm trying to take pictures of less and less.



Some people consider utopia to be derived from nature. For some people, utopia is the city.

Some people consider utopia to be derived from nature. For some people, utopia is the city.



The digital print is becoming the look of our time, and it makes the C-print start to look like a tintype.

The digital print is becoming the look of our time, and it makes the C-print start to look like a tintype.



Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.

Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.



When you have unity, I think it squares the reach or power of the work.

When you have unity, I think it squares the reach or power of the work.



Photography has always been capable of manipulation.

Photography has always been capable of manipulation.





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