Walter J. Phillips Quote

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.


Phillips in Print: The Selected Writings of Walter J. Phillips on Canadian Nature and Art (ed. 1982)


Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie....

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie....

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie....

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie....