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> [It would have been possible to structure my photographs in such a way that no indicators of the present were discernible. However, I wanted to incorporate into the project as a whole the jostling of time-frames I would feel as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/it-would-have-been-possible-to-structure-my-photographs-in-such-a-way/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

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## More by John Pfahl

> [It is not without trepidation that I have appropriated the codes of the Sublime and the Picturesque in my work. After all, serious photographers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/it-is-not-without-trepidation-that-i-have-appropriated-the-codes-of/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [I became wary of simple interpretations that assumed fixed and final meanings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/i-became-wary-of-simple-interpretations-that-assumed-fixed-and-final/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [It would have been possible to structure my photographs in such a way that no indicators of the present were discernible. However, I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/it-would-have-been-possible-to-structure-my-photographs-in-such-a-way/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [Strangers with puzzled looks were amazingly cooperative in letting me into their rooms with my photographic gear. They let me take down the curtains,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/strangers-with-puzzled-looks-were-amazingly-cooperative-in-letting-me/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [As Estelle Jussim wrote, it is almost impossible for a single photograph to state both the problem and the solution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/as-estelle-jussim-wrote-it-is-almost-impossible-for-a-single/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [Photography, of course, is the perfect medium for the investigation. It can reveal the truth of present day specifics and particularities, while at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/photography-of-course-is-the-perfect-medium-for-the-investigation-it/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [I often wondered why I was attracted to certain landscapes and not others and why my photographs (and depictions by other artists) looked the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/i-often-wondered-why-i-was-attracted-to-certain-landscapes-and-not/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [I want to make photographs whose very ambiguity provokes thought, rather than cuts it off prematurely. I want to make pictures that work on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/i-want-to-make-photographs-whose-very-ambiguity-provokes-thought/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [Somehow I felt that if Fox Talbot had had more time and more drawing talent, he would have filled in the interval between his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/somehow-i-felt-that-if-fox-talbot-had-had-more-time-and-more-drawing/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [I have been using the art of photography to research the ways in which the pictorial strategies of the Nineteenth Century color the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/i-have-been-using-the-art-of-photography-to-research-the-ways-in/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [People think the camera steals their soul. Places, I am convinced, are affected in the opposite direction. The more they are photographed (or drawn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/people-think-the-camera-steals-their-soul-places-i-am-convinced-are/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

> [While making my picture window photographs, I came to think that every room was like a gigantic camera forever pointed at the same view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pfahl/while-making-my-picture-window-photographs-i-came-to-think-that-every/)

[John Pfahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pfahl/)

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