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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.

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

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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?

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

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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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