RECORD NO.12
eBook
Published on
May10, 2007
ebook Published on
July 24, 2013
It goes without saying that every photograph is a copy of reality, and a fake depiction of the world, incorporating notions of realism and actuality. Henri Bergson once said something along the lines of, “The whole world has already been depicted down to the last inch,” and from the perspective of my daily routine working with the camera, I would second that claim. The infinity recorded by the camera is of course a Moebius strip. The eyes of countless human beings have in fact been observing/depicting the world, continuously and interminably producing a copy of it since prehistoric times. This procedure, totally bare of originality, is exactly where the only strength of photography lies.
For us street photographers there is no other option but to buzz around things like flies and see where we can scrounge something.
-DAIDO MORIYAMA
Akio Nagasawa Publishing, Moriyama Daido Photo Foundation
