We Only See What We Look At.

History Always Constitutes The Relation Between A Present And Its Past. Consequently Fear Of The Present Leads To Mystification Of The Past

The Past Is The One Thing We Are Not Prisoners Of. We Can Do With The Past Exactly What We Wish. What We Can't Do Is To Change Its Consequences.

Unlike Any Other Visual Image, A Photograph Is Not A Rendering, An Imitation Or An Interpretation Of Its Subject, But Actually A Trace Of It. No Painting Or Drawing, However Naturalist, Belongs To Its Subject In The Way That A Photograph Does.

The Zoo Cannot But Disappoint. The Public Purpose Of Zoos Is To Offer Visitors The Opportunity Of Looking At Animals. Yet Nowherein A Zoo Can A Stranger Encounter The Look Of An Animal. At The Most, The Animal's Gaze Flickers And Passes On. They Look Sideways. They Look Blindly Beyond.

We Live In A Dominant Culture Of Ceaseless Departure And Progress That Has So Far Lasted Two Or Three Centuries.