“He recalls developing his negatives by moonlight, having to make his way to the ferry on a road thick with often-time un-negotiable elephant herds. He tells of carrying his chemicals with him and cutting down his negatives to get a surplus of possibilities. I never had this.”
“I do not care if you like Kanye or his music, but if you are not realizing the genius surrounding his product empire, you may be guilty of overlooking what is actually on offer.”
“I am honestly not so sure how we respond to the nature of photography as a “document” anymore…”
“In my late 30’s and cynical beyond belief, I actually find this little book creating a new space or affection for the idea of the 60’s and 70’s that I had shelved previously under “cyclical fucking baby boomer bullshit”.
“If you are a fan of Thai psychedelic music from the 60’s the design of this book alone will be enough for you.”
“Already rife with distrust, crooked smiles, and manufactured cutout econo-kit fashions, these images betray their ultimate aim, which is to represent an ideology through a gesture of the candidate’s ¾ portrait.”
“His platform, his incessant toil and his ability to know every single photographer/artist or organization in the world has garnered much for the artists he works with.”
“You might lose fingers to ice skates and the black girl sitting atop the white wedding cake is not by mistake.”
“I personally cannot even “see” porn anymore. Perhaps I am desensitized, but I fail to adhere to the moralistic innuendo that is applied to a word like pornography.”
“They form experiences that, like I have previously mentioned, are de-materialized and completely aural, if not spiritual”
“One should not assume that the “error” of the apparatus is simply a program waiting to occur”
“It was about being yourself and fuck what anybody else thought”