Kind Quotes by Shimon Attie

I use images as signifiers that point to layers of history, lost communities or a latent collective whispering within a certain context.

— Shimon Attie

Simply because something is not visible it doesn't mean that it is not there.

— Shimon Attie

I use contemporary media to reanimate sites and places with images of their own lost histories.

— Shimon Attie

There's this presence of these missing people and this lost community that I felt but could not see, and that was a very strange…

— Shimon Attie

I think of my work as a kind of peeling back of the wallpaper of today to reveal the histories buried underneath.

— Shimon Attie

My intention is to create opportunities for reflections and meditations on history.

— Shimon Attie