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> [I used photography to distance myself from a world that I loathed and was powerless to improve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/i-used-photography-to-distance-myself-from-a-world-that-i-loathed-and/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

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## More by Lewis Baltz

> [I assumed from the outset that photography was already art, and that I and other people working in photography were artists. I understand now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/i-assumed-from-the-outset-that-photography-was-already-art-and-that-i/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [I believed it was necessary to investigate photography, dismantle it, jettison all the non-essential components, and begin again with a stripped down but more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/i-believed-it-was-necessary-to-investigate-photography-dismantle-it/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [It might be more useful, if not necessarily more true, to think of photography as a narrow, deep area between the novel and film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/it-might-be-more-useful-if-not-necessarily-more-true-to-think-of/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [The ideal photographic document would appear to be without author or art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/the-ideal-photographic-document-would-appear-to-be-without-author-or/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [I used photography to distance myself from a world that I loathed and was powerless to improve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/i-used-photography-to-distance-myself-from-a-world-that-i-loathed-and/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [Digital technology, you see, is not the villain here. It simply offers another dimension. I'm not sure if it's a farther remove from reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/digital-technology-you-see-is-not-the-villain-here-it-simply-offers/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [“I never had any ambition to do anything commercial, anything journalistic. I wanted to be an artist, and I wanted to be an artist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/i-never-had-any-ambition-to-do-anything-commercial-anything/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [ I wanted \[my photography\] to appear as though the camera was seeing by itself. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/i-wanted-my-photography-to-appear-as-though-the-camera-was-seeing-by/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [Anyone can take pictures. What's difficult is thinking about them, organizing them, and trying to use them in some way so that some meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/anyone-can-take-pictures-what-s-difficult-is-thinking-about-them/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [The photobook occupies that deep area between the novel and the film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/the-photobook-occupies-that-deep-area-between-the-novel-and-the-film/)

[Lewis Baltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-baltz/)

> [I was living in Monterey, a place where the classic photographers - the Westons, Wynn Bullock and Ansel Adams - came for a privileged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-baltz/i-was-living-in-monterey-a-place-where-the-classic-photographers-the/)

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