In our society, most of us wear protective masks of various kinds and for various reasons. Very often the end result is that the masks grow to us, displacing our original characters with our assumed characters. — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
In old grimy streets, in isolated and decaying houses, sometimes far from the Vieux Carre, in little used and secluded cemeteries, there still sluggishly… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
As a whole, I am interested in the symbolic, rather than the literal use of the camera. — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
It therefore should be possible for even the photographer - just as for the creative poet or painter - to use the object as… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
... dissatisfaction with one's self and dissatisfaction with the world - is necessary - it is one of the prime things that keeps the… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
There is nothing, under present conditions, that can be more easily and exactly reproduced than a technically good black-and-white photograph, and it is utter… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
Photography is one of the most authentic and integral modes of expression possible in this world in which we live. — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
Let us see as steadily and completely as possible the realities of our age: the wasted lives, the scattered and misused resources (human and… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
“In our society most of us wear protective masks (psychological ones) of various kinds, and for various reasons. Very often, the end result is… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
The mystery of light [and] the enigma of time form the twin pivots around which all my work revolves. In addition... my work attempts… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
One of my basic feelings is that the mind, and the heart alike, of the photographer must be dedicated to the glory, the magic,… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
I have approached the buildings as psychological and poetic manifestations - rather than from the more technical viewpoints of the architect and historian (which… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
In our society, most of us wear protective masks of various kinds and for various reasons. Very often the end result is that the… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
Everything that I see must become personal; otherwise, it is dead and mechanical. Our only chance to escape the blight of mechanization, of acting… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
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