David Goldblatt Quote

I often wished during those years that I could be a lyricist with a camera. [...] I took great delight in [Edward Weston's] and many other photographers' work. I envied them the freedom to photograph a landscape apparently without concern for the implications of its possession.


In an interview with Okwui Enwezor, as quoted in "The Camera Is Not a Machine Gun", Fred Ritchin, 1998


I often wished during those years that I could be a lyricist with a camera. [...] I took great delight in [Edward Weston's] and many other...

I often wished during those years that I could be a lyricist with a camera. [...] I took great delight in [Edward Weston's] and many other...

I often wished during those years that I could be a lyricist with a camera. [...] I took great delight in [Edward Weston's] and many other...

I often wished during those years that I could be a lyricist with a camera. [...] I took great delight in [Edward Weston's] and many other...