That kind of unease, that melancholy, is of course partly my interpretation, but partly, I think, it's something that's really there [in… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
I realized how little I knew about my own country. I had grown up in the suburbs and, after college, I moved… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
[Buzzing at the Sill] deals with the margins of America, a lot of parts unseen. Well, parts that are seen and familiar… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Nothing is over until there's something more decisive than your own thoughts. — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The travel ban that was imposed by the [Donald Trump] administration is a very direct reverberation of 9/11. — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“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 well. It resonates with this moment and the sort of alienation from the power structure a lot of people feel, as well as a certain amount of…” quote by Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/46e/peter-van-agtmael-25908_alienation_that-kind-of-unease-that-melancholy-is-o_172380.jpg)
![“[Buzzing at the Sill] deals with the margins of America, a lot of parts unseen. Well, parts that are seen and familiar to a lot of the populace, but unseen when it comes to the parameters of what mainstream news and popular culture and Hollywood reflects.” quote by Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/78c/peter-van-agtmael-25908_america_buzzing-at-the-sill-deals-with-the-margi_2612608.jpg)
![“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 newspaper tacked to a wall. Sometimes it's weird paraphernalia related to it, home constructed paraphernalia. It resonates through society and continues to…” quote by Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f33/peter-van-agtmael-25908_faded_you-find-reverberations-from-9-11-in-the_312019.jpg)
![“The travel ban that was imposed by the [Donald Trump] administration is a very direct reverberation of 9/11.” quote by Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6b8/peter-van-agtmael-25908_administration_the-travel-ban-that-was-imposed-by-the-d_1496625.jpg)
