I read the poem [In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses: "This poem is kind of important to me. I don't know why, but I'm going to just keep… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
I was taking all prints and I brought them to the Magnum meetings, trying the old Josef Koudelka trick: Give them to photographers, who… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
I think a lot of the work I've done and a lot of the work I'm going to do in the future still ties… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
That kind of unease, that melancholy, is of course partly my interpretation, but partly, I think, it's something that's really there [in America] as… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
You find [reverberations from 9/11 ] in them most unexpected places, like graffiti on a wall. Sometimes it's a faded picture; sometimes it's a… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
Nothing is over until there's something more decisive than your own thoughts. — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
It was sometimes provoked by assignments, then I'd go back on my own dime if I really clicked with a place. And sometimes it… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
The big question that everyone is asking themselves, or what they should be asking themselves right now, is what role has the media played… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
Sometimes the picture is more interesting than what is going on. Sometimes the picture is suggestive of greater things in society or the history… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
I'm a constant editor. Every few months or so I make a ton of 4x6 prints. I put them on a magnetic board and… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
The travel ban that was imposed by the [Donald Trump] administration is a very direct reverberation of 9/11. — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
I am still covering conflict to some degree. I was back in Iraq. I've covered quite a bit of the Israel and Palestine. But… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
Buzzing at the Sill is from a Theodore Roethke poem called "In a Dark Time." I'd heard a small part of it in a… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
I read the poem [In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses: "This poem… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
I realized how little I knew about my own country. I had grown up in the suburbs and, after college, I moved out of… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
What I was doing for those assignments wasn't always directly tied to what I was doing for myself, but it gave me the space… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share
![“I read the poem [In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses: "This poem is kind of important to me. I don't know why, but I'm going to just keep it in the back of my mind." I just kept coming back to it. As I started putting the book together…” quote by Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/peter-van-agtmael-25908_book_i-read-the-poem-in-a-dark-time-by-theodo_2244408.jpg)