Charles Baudelaire
[Writer, b. 1821, Paris, d. 1867, Paris.]
Our squalid society rushed, Narcissus to a man, to gaze on its trivial image on a scrap of metal.
Paul Caponigro
[Photographer, b. 1932, Boston, Massachusetts, lives in Cushing, Maine.]
We always point the lens both outward and inward.
Orlan (Mireille Suzanne Francette Porte)
[Artist, b. 1947, St. Etienne, France, lives in Ivry-sur-Seine, France.]
Being a narcissist isn’t easy when the question is not of loving your own image, but of recreating the self through deliberate acts of alienation.
Lucas Samaras
[Artist, b. 1936, Kastoria, Greece, lives in New York.]
The selfie mentality demonstrates a very aggressive behavior. It’s like going to a museum and saying: “screw the Rembrandt.”
Bruce Davidson
[Photographer, b. 1933, Oak Park, Illinois, lives in New York.]
I’ve had the privilege of being an outsider allowed on the inside, searching for beauty, meaning and myself.
Cindy Sherman
[Artist, b. 1954, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, lives in New York.]
I think of becoming a different person. I look into a mirror next to the camera... it’s trancelike. By staring into it I try to become that character through the lens... When I see what I want, my intuition takes over.
Sophie Calle
[Artist, b. 1953, Paris, lives in Paris and New York.]
In April 1981, at my request, my mother went to a detective agency. She hired them to follow me, to report my daily activities, and to provide photographic evidence of my existence.
Gregory Crewdson
[Photographer, b. 1962, Brooklyn, New York, lives in New Haven Connecticut.]
All pictures are autobiographical, yet they’re telling us everything and nothing about the photographer.
