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title: "2 Commentary Quotes By Mark Klett"
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> [I am interested in making photographs which comment on the experience of a place as well as describe it. My position has not typically been one of advocacy for or against any political position. But I regard photographs as commentary,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-klett/i-am-interested-in-making-photographs-which-comment-on-the-experience/)

[Mark Klett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-klett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/554/mark-klett-50743_advocacy_i-am-interested-in-making-photographs-wh_350139.jpg)

> [So much of what we know, and what we think we know, about the land has first passed through someone's lens. The interesting thing is to make use of this history, not merely to be absorbed into it. For me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-klett/so-much-of-what-we-know-and-what-we-think-we-know-about-the-land-has/)

[Mark Klett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-klett/)

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## More by Mark Klett

> [I am interested in making photographs which comment on the experience of a place as well as describe it. My position has not typically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-klett/i-am-interested-in-making-photographs-which-comment-on-the-experience/)

[Mark Klett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-klett/)

> [The most prevalent way of working in photography right now is project oriented: you go after an idea. I like the old way, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-klett/the-most-prevalent-way-of-working-in-photography-right-now-is-project/)

[Mark Klett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-klett/)

> [So much of what we know, and what we think we know, about the land has first passed through someone's lens. The interesting thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-klett/so-much-of-what-we-know-and-what-we-think-we-know-about-the-land-has/)

[Mark Klett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-klett/)

> [I am not much interested in discovering new territories to photograph. Instead, what I wish my pictures could do is lessen the distance one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-klett/i-am-not-much-interested-in-discovering-new-territories-to-photograph/)

[Mark Klett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-klett/)

> [In this world, the spots where the present seems to overlap the past are the most important. These are the points when one becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-klett/in-this-world-the-spots-where-the-present-seems-to-overlap-the-past/)

[Mark Klett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-klett/)

> [Photos always seem to exist as sort of stuffy, unnecessary antiques that we put in a drawer — unless we take them out, put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-klett/photos-always-seem-to-exist-as-sort-of-stuffy-unnecessary-antiques/)

[Mark Klett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-klett/)

> [Fine-art photography is a very small world associated with galleries, museums, and university art programs. It's not like rock music; the products of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-klett/fine-art-photography-is-a-very-small-world-associated-with-galleries/)

[Mark Klett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-klett/)

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