I do feel a kinship with anthropology or ethnography, although when you hear those terms you think of something exotic. Generally, photographic anthropology has that taste of the faraway or undiscovered place. But my anthropology has more to do with… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
My photography has really always been about what I feel I'm getting out of it. What people on the outside get doesn't concern me. — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
I'm pretty solitary when I take pictures. Even when I take pictures of people, I just go about my own way of doing it. — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
I had visited New York at age 12, and I loved the big buildings and the swarms of people. At 23, I decided to… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
I have always made films simultaneously, so they go hand in hand. I think that my books are like films. — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
Sometimes when people look at the work I've done with my family, they think it's autobiographical. But it really isn't. It's more about the… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
I am excited about more than just youth culture, and youth is also stretching a bit longer now. But I have to say resistance… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
In New York, unlike Holland, there are newspaper stands on every corner. That was a big headline all over the city. — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
Holland is a fairly small country, and in a weird way, somewhat conservative. That might surprise people because it is a very tolerant place,… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
Dates can be important. It's a nice way to remember when I took the photo without having to rack my brain or look in… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
I always thought that I was lazy because I could never tell if I was working or not. I was making things, which doesn't… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
When you're with people that are aware of the fact that you're a photographer, they'll say, "Oh, look at that! That's something to take… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
Holland is a fairly small country, and in a weird way, somewhat conservative. That might surprise people because it is a very tolerant place,… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
I do feel a kinship with anthropology or ethnography, although when you hear those terms you think of something exotic. Generally, photographic anthropology has… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
A lot of my work comes through accidents or circumstances that just happen to present themselves. I have to realize that something is presenting… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
