Photography... has lived under the tyranny of its subject matter: the object has exercised an almost total domination. — Joan Fontcuberta Domination Copy Share Image
I have always thought that the photographer does artistic work and that art consists of working with fictional premises. — Joan Fontcuberta Art Copy Share Image
I need there to be documentary photographers, because my work is meta-documentary; it is a commentary about the documentary use of photography. — Joan Fontcuberta Commentary Copy Share Image
Every photograph is a fiction with pretensions to truth. Despite everything that we have been inculcated, all that we believe, photography always… — Joan Fontcuberta Believe Copy Share Image
The heart [of my work], the quintessential, remains the questioning of photographic truth. Be careful, be critical, doubt, and filter the information… — Joan Fontcuberta Be careful Copy Share Image
Photography mirrored the [nineteenth century] will towards rigor, towards defining details, the need for miniscule description, the long-distance optics, for technology at… — Joan Fontcuberta Archives Copy Share Image
Photography is a tool to negotiate our idea of reality. Thus it is the responsibility of photographers to not contribute with anaesthetic… — Joan Fontcuberta Consciousness Copy Share Image
Among photojournalists there is still a sense that doing a photomontage is far graver than adding a filter. I am against this… — Joan Fontcuberta Code Copy Share Image
There are religions in which the representation of the world is banned as an usurpation of the power of a God, creator… — Joan Fontcuberta All things Copy Share Image