A couple of quotes to start off

Posted by David on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at 7:05 PM.

Let's start with a classic quote:

"When I first looked at Walker Evans' photographs, I thought of something Malraux wrote: 'To transform destiny into awareness.' One is embarassed to want so much for oneself. But how else are you going to justify your failure and your effort?"

Robert Frank, A Statement. US Camera Annual, 1958, p.115.

(Thanks to John Brownlow for turning me on to this quote in the first place.)


And ...

"As a photographer I learn from my camera what I don't fully comprehend in reality."

Ralph Gibson


vaughan rachel, on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at 10:54 AM:

Hi, Im looking for a quote by Walker Evans in which he likens a photograph to not poetry, or something like that, does anyone know what Im looking for? Thanks. VR