Digital photography destroys memory, he believes, with its ability to erase. Art school is another problem, teaching students to be blind. Editors are worse—they poke the artist’s eyes out. Photography: One minute it’s not art at all. Then perhaps it is. And then again it is not. That’s Robert Frank.
“There are too many images,” he said. “Too many cameras now. We’re all being watched. It gets sillier and sillier. As if all action is meaningful. Nothing is really all that special. It’s just life. If all moments are recorded, then nothing is beautiful and maybe photography isn’t an art anymore. Maybe it never was.”
And maybe it is his fault. So,Who would believe that a hairy little man could take snapshots of nothing and make millions of dollars? Anyone can take a snapshot. maybe, anyone can be famous if he gets lucky once.
(uit een gesprek met Robert Frank in 'Vanity Fair', april 2008)
OP HET MOMENT VAN HET INTERVIEW WAS DEZE WERELDWIJD BEKENDE EN GEROEMDE FOTOGRAAF 83 JAAR. ER ZIJN REDENEN OM AAN TE NEMEN DAT DE MAN WIST WAAROVER HIJ HET HAD.
15 mei 2009
ROBERT FRANK'S "ON PHOTOGRAPHY"

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