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May 22, 2007
strand on documentary photography
In my understanding, documentary photography means an interest in the life and times in which you live-what’s happening to the people and the society around you. Very often, what you might call the fine arts ignore this aspect. On the whole, I am attracted to those artists who are interested in a large panorama, and not to those who are strictly concerned with their personal likes and dislikes. I am attracted to those who are more interested in everything that exists outside of themselves. That is the final source of all the best art, and it’s a source which has hardly been tapped.
Paul Strand
Posted by amin at May 22, 2007 3:58 PM