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title: "1 Photojournalist Quotes By Alfredo Jaar"
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> [As we all know, the objective and mission of the photojournalist is to show us the reality of the world. And in order to capture that reality, they go to dangerous and tragic places at the expense of their lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/as-we-all-know-the-objective-and-mission-of-the-photojournalist-is-to/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/alfredo-jaar-30663_capture_as-we-all-know-the-objective-and-mission_2387000.jpg)

## More by Alfredo Jaar

> [ I follow many tragedies around the world. At one point I \[will\] feel like I've accumulated an enormous amount of information, a critical mass… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/i-follow-many-tragedies-around-the-world-at-one-point-i-will-feel/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [America is our continent. You feel in the daily language that Americans use the word "America" to erase the rest of the continent from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/america-is-our-continent-you-feel-in-the-daily-language-that/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [Certainly when you do a work for a public space, you lose control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/certainly-when-you-do-a-work-for-a-public-space-you-lose-control/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [I remember her eyes. The eyes of Gutete Emerita.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/i-remember-her-eyes-the-eyes-of-gutete-emerita/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [I think that all art is socially conscious. There is no alternative. Whatever we produce contains a political and social statement. There's no way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/i-think-that-all-art-is-socially-conscious-there-is-no-alternative/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [How many languages do we really speak?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/how-many-languages-do-we-really-speak/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [Nowadays I see my work being used, without my permission, as if it was an attack against the Trump regime. People want to say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/nowadays-i-see-my-work-being-used-without-my-permission-as-if-it-was/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [I think I'm a journalist in one sense - I want to communicate to people about certain things that are happening around us, around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/i-think-i-m-a-journalist-in-one-sense-i-want-to-communicate-to-people/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [We are the result of the stimulus we receive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/we-are-the-result-of-the-stimulus-we-receive/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [For me, what was important was to record everything I saw around me, and to do this as methodically as possible. In these circumstances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/for-me-what-was-important-was-to-record-everything-i-saw-around-me/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [As we all know, the objective and mission of the photojournalist is to show us the reality of the world. And in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/as-we-all-know-the-objective-and-mission-of-the-photojournalist-is-to/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/reality-cannot-be-photographed-or-represented-we-can-only-create-a/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/journalistic-information-and-presentation-actually-discourage-action/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [My work is always based on reality. I'm not an artist that creates works of fiction. I'm not an artist who is in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/my-work-is-always-based-on-reality-i-m-not-an-artist-that-creates/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

> [Images have an advanced religion; they bury history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/images-have-an-advanced-religion-they-bury-history/)

[Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/)

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