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# Katy Grannan

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Katy Grannan is an American photographer and filmmaker. She made the feature-length film, The Nine. Her work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Museum of American Art.

##  Quotes by Katy Grannan

> [I have a terror of things being nice and knowing what to expect. Making a photograph is a license to have experiences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-grannan/i-have-a-terror-of-things-being-nice-and-knowing-what-to-expect/)

[Katy Grannan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-grannan/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/katy-grannan-70304_being-nice_i-have-a-terror-of-things-being-nice-and_153466.jpg)

> [There's always been something illicit about the way I work. I'm photographing people I don't know, when nobody else is home -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-grannan/there-s-always-been-something-illicit-about-the-way-i-work-i-m/)

[Katy Grannan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-grannan/)

[Degrees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/degrees/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/katy-grannan-70304_degrees_there-s-always-been-something-illicit-ab_1403846.jpg)

> [This is the way photography can be cruel... in the sense that it describes everything, even the things we are not necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-grannan/this-is-the-way-photography-can-be-cruel-in-the-sense-that-it/)

[Katy Grannan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-grannan/)

[Cruel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cruel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/katy-grannan-70304_photography_this-is-the-way-photography-can-be-cruel_1944166.jpg)

> [ I think \[indications of vulnerability are\] why so many portraits work when they're difficult: we believe we're presenting ourselves one way, but… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-grannan/i-think-indications-of-vulnerability-are-why-so-many-portraits-work/)

[Katy Grannan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-grannan/)

[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/katy-grannan-70304_believe_i-think-indications-of-vulnerability-are_2110619.jpg)

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