Quotes

Irving Penn | Lisa Fonssagrives

It is always the dress; it is never, never the girl. I’m just a good clothes hanger. -Lisa Fonssagrives

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Clemens Kalischer | A Random Selection

For much of his career Clemens Kalischer has played the role of the Invisible Man. It is a role that…

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Leica Sighting | Stalag 17

The scene in Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 when the fellow prisoners of Barracks Four open up Sefton's foot locker. Among…

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Garry Winogrand | Interview, 1982

Excerpts from an interview with Bill Moyers in 1982. When I'm photographing, I see life. That's what I deal with.…

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Robert Frank | Paris New Year, 1949

...if one is sensitive, it has an effect on you. So maybe it's better not to be sensitive as a…

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William Eggleston | Memphis (Tricycle)

A picture is what it is and I’ve never noticed that it helps to talk about them, or answer specific…

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Jean Gaumy | José Saramago

The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence,…

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Mary Ellen Mark | Lillie with Her Rag Doll

A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any…

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Margaret Herrick | Claudia Cardinale & Fellini, 8½

Having always loved the circus, I saw the resemblance between movies and the circus. As a boy, my greatest dream…

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Henri Cariter-Bresson | Queen Charlotte’s Ball

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards…

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