Nobody Should Touch A Polaroid [camera] Until

What I Believe Is Really Good In The So-called Documentary Approach To Photography Is The Addition Of Lyricism.[this Quality] Is Usually Produced Unconsciously And Even Unintentionally And Accidentally By The Cameraman.

Nobody Should Touch A Polaroid [camera] Until He's Over Sixty

Detachment, Lack Of Sentimentality, Originality, A Lot Of Things That Sound Rather Empty. I Know What They Mean. Let's Say, "visual Impact" May Not Mean Much To Anybody. I Could Point It Out Though. I Mean It's A Quality That Something Has Or Does Not Have. Coherence. Well, Some Things Are Weak, Some Things Are Strong.

Photography Is Not Cute Cats, Nor Nudes, Motherhood Or Arrangements Of Manufactured Products. Under No Circumstances It Is Anything Ever Anywhere Near A Beach.

When You Say Documentary, You Have To Have A Sophisticated Ear To Receive That Word. It Should Be Documentary Style, Because Documentary Is Police Photography Of A Scene And A Murder ... That's A Real Document. You See, Art Is Really Useless, And A Document Has Use. And Therefore, Art Is Never A Document, But It Can Adopt That Style. I Do It. I'm Called A Documentary Photographer. But That Presupposes A Quite Subtle Knowledge Of This Distinction.