Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Paul Strand
Born: October 16, 1890
Died: March 31, 1976 (aged 85)
Bio: Paul Strand was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century.
Known for:
- Manhatta (1921)
- Redes (1936)
- Native Land (1942)
- The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)