Abandon Quote by Fred Ritchin

“We have to tell people how images are made. And, the first step is to abandon the idea we're looking at photographs. We're looking at entry points to information and to the world in which the image was made.” quote by Fred Ritchin — Download Open image

“We have to tell people how images are made. And, the first step is to abandon the idea we're looking at photographs. We're looking at entry points to information and to the world in which the image was made.”

Fred Ritchin

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