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> [The photograph... is not a picture of something, but is an object about something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/the-photograph-is-not-a-picture-of-something-but-is-an-object-about/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

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## More by Robert Heinecken

> [I was never in a school situation where someone said, This is the way a photograph is supposed to look. I was completely open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/i-was-never-in-a-school-situation-where-someone-said-this-is-the-way/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

> [There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/there-is-a-vast-difference-between-taking-a-picture-and-making-a/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

> [Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/many-pictures-turn-out-to-be-limp-translations-of-the-known-world/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

> [ Some of my enthusiasm for the \[found\] photograph was based on the fact that there was some residual illusion of reality in it always,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/some-of-my-enthusiasm-for-the-found-photograph-was-based-on-the-fact/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

> [There is a great difference between shooting a photograph and making a photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/there-is-a-great-difference-between-shooting-a-photograph-and-making/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

> [The photograph... is not a picture of something, but is an object about something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/the-photograph-is-not-a-picture-of-something-but-is-an-object-about/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

> [I have the feeling that there are things happening that are really very interesting things, if we can somehow find the key that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/i-have-the-feeling-that-there-are-things-happening-that-are-really/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

> [I am interested in the relationships and play between an unfamiliar picture/object context and the familiar photographic image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/i-am-interested-in-the-relationships-and-play-between-an-unfamiliar/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

> [I am interested in what I term gestalts; picture circumstances which bring together disparate images or ideas so as to form new meanings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/i-am-interested-in-what-i-term-gestalts-picture-circumstances-which/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

> [An aspect of the work has to do with altering the literal/cultural meaning of existing public images by making minimal changes and additions. Using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinecken/an-aspect-of-the-work-has-to-do-with-altering-the-literal-cultural/)

[Robert Heinecken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinecken/)

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