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Documentary is thought to be art when it transcends its reference to the world, when the work can be regarded, first and foremost, as an act of self-expression on the part of the artist.

Allan Sekula

The only objective truth that photographs offer is the assertion that somebody or something... was somewhere and took a picture.

Allan Sekula

Black-and-white photos tell the truth. That's why insurance companies use them.

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How does photography serve to legitimate and normalize existing power relationships?... How is historical and social memory preserved, transformed, restricted and obliterated by photographs?

Allan Sekula

The photograph is an incomplete utterance, a message that depends on some external matrix of conditions and presuppositions for its readability.

Allan Sekula

Allan Sekula

Allan Sekula

Born: January 15, 1951

Died: August 10, 2013 (aged 62)

Bio: Allan Sekula was an American photographer, writer, filmmaker, theorist and critic. From 1985 until his death in 2013, he taught at California Institute of the Arts.

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