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Joan Fontcuberta Quotes: Photography... has lived under the tyranny of its subject matter: the object has exercised an almost total domination.
         

Photography... has lived under the tyranny of its subject matter: the object has exercised an almost total domination.


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Photography is a tool to negotiate our idea of reality. Thus it is the responsibility of photographers to not contribute with anaesthetic images but rather to provide images that shake consciousness.

Photography is a tool to negotiate our idea of reality. Thus it is the responsibility of photographers to not contribute with anaesthetic images but rather to provide images that shake consciousness.



I need there to be documentary photographers, because my work is meta-documentary; it is a commentary about the documentary use of photography.

I need there to be documentary photographers, because my work is meta-documentary; it is a commentary about the documentary use of photography.



I have always thought that the photographer does artistic work and that art consists of working with fictional premises.

I have always thought that the photographer does artistic work and that art consists of working with fictional premises.



The heart [of my work], the quintessential, remains the questioning of photographic truth. Be careful, be critical, doubt, and filter the information you receive.

The heart [of my work], the quintessential, remains the questioning of photographic truth. Be careful, be critical, doubt, and filter the information you receive.



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