The Look
If I knew how to take a good photograph, I’d do it every time. (Robert Doisneau)
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Gentse Koppen
The Glorious Feelin’ (a.k.a. Happy Again)
The road from the eye to the heart is easy to follow. I am taking it with my eyes closed. (Christophe Agou)
Sint-Jacobs
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The Table
I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do — that was one of my favorite things about it,
and when I first did it, I felt very perverse (Diane Arbus)
Bloemekenswijk
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The Passers-by
Photography is a way of introducing people to other people (William Albert Allard)
Lange Munt, Gent
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The Handkerchief
At the end of the day, the photographer must also be a thief, inevitably (Mario Mazziol)
The Sax Player
“Light is the photographic medium par excellence;
it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter;
wood, metal, stone, or clay to the sculptor.” (Andreas Feininger)
Sint-Baafsplein, Gent
The Letters
Does it interest the eye, excite the brain, move the mind to reflection, and involve the heart? (Julian Barnes)
The Six
I think that basically all of my photographs are failures… (W. Eugene Smith)
Korenmarkt, Gent
The Dance
I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution.
First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends,
and eventually I did it for the money. (Philippe Halsman)
Oudenaarde, 2007
The Parking Meter
Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame.
When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts. (Garry Winogrand)
Ledeberg, Gent
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The Plastic Bag
I like to photograph people who have strength and dignity in their faces;
whatever life has done to them, it hasn’t destroyed them.
I gravitate towards people like that. (Paul Strand)
Ledeberg, Gent
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The Flag
For me the camera has the ability to distil significant fragments from the complexities of everyday life. (Dan Weiner)
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The Kick
Documentary photography is everyday reality recorded with a visual artistry
that catches its ‘feel’ as well as its look. (Geraldine Norman)
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