Helmut Newton
[Photographer, b. 1920, Berlin, d. 2004, Los Angeles.]
My advice for the young? There are two dirty words in photography; one is “art,” and the other is “good taste.”
Chris Burden
[Artist, b. 1946, Boston, Massachusetts, d. 2015, Los Angeles.]
I will be shot with a rifle at 7:45 P.M. I hope to have some good photos.
Thomas Ruff
[Photographer, b. 1958, Zell, Germany, lives in Dusseldorf, Germany.]
I received my training at an art academy, so what I produce is art. That’s what is artistic about my photographs.
Hans Haacke
[Artist, b. 1936, Cologne, Germany, lives in New York.]
Art-making is just another part of the consciousness industry.
Philip Jones Griffiths
[Photojournalist, b. 1936, Rhuddian, Wales, d. 2008, London.]
Real photography is a wonderfully inclusive, democratic medium, whereas “art photography” is more often a private pursuit by conmen.
Pieter Hugo
[Photographer, b. 1976, Johannesburg, South Africa, lives in Cape Town.]
I’m interested in photography because it sits somewhere between document and art.
Walker Evans
[Photographer, b. 1903, St. Louis, Missouri, d. 1975, New Haven, Connecticut.]
Photography has nothing whatsoever to do with art. But it is an art for all that.
Marshall McLuhan
[Writer and theorist, b. 1911, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, d. 1980, Toronto, Canada.]
Art is anything you can get away with.
