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# Barbara Ess

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Barbara Ess was an American pinhole camera photographer, No Wave musician and Just Another Asshole editor. She taught photography at Bard College since 1997; who in 2024, along with the Schwartz family, has established an annual award to assist Bard College photography students in need called The Ba

##  Quotes by Barbara Ess

> [When I try to get clever I fail, so I stick with the basic issues of human life on earth - sex,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ess/when-i-try-to-get-clever-i-fail-so-i-stick-with-the-basic-issues-of/)

[Barbara Ess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ess/)

[Being hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-hurt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/barbara-ess-72196_being-hurt_when-i-try-to-get-clever-i-fail-so-i-sti_1067471.jpg)

> [I try to photograph what can't be photographed - psychological or subjective reality, which seems more real than physical or consensual reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ess/i-try-to-photograph-what-can-t-be-photographed-psychological-or/)

[Barbara Ess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ess/)

[Photograph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/photograph/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/barbara-ess-72196_photograph_i-try-to-photograph-what-can-t-be-photog_1317220.jpg)

> [ Reality... includes a perceiver, who has memories, thoughts, desires, emotions - \[which\] a normal camera tends to omit. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ess/reality-includes-a-perceiver-who-has-memories-thoughts-desires/)

[Barbara Ess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ess/)

[Cameras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cameras/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/barbara-ess-72196_cameras_reality-includes-a-perceiver-who-has-mem_1690752.jpg)

> [ ...I use primal imagery, so maybe it's fitting that I use the most primitive of cameras \[pinhole cameras\]. Since there's no viewfinder,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ess/i-use-primal-imagery-so-maybe-it-s-fitting-that-i-use-the-most/)

[Barbara Ess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ess/)

[Cameras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cameras/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/989/barbara-ess-72196_cameras_i-use-primal-imagery-so-maybe-it-s-fitti_1908833.jpg)

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