"The language that photography has is a formal language. Any photographer is doing something formal. If it's formal, then it must be an aesthetic way to communicate."

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Source : "Salgado takes photos of suffering. But he doesn't stop there" by Kenneth Baker, www.sfgate.com. November 24, 2004.

Sebastiao Salgado

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“I dabble in all kinds of spirituality. I studied Kabbalah for over ten years, and you know it's all basically the same.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“I want to be a guy who produces runs, who drives in runs, who can beat you with a single or can beat you with a home run, who's just a tough out.”
“The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose.”
“Just because of that one disastrous blind date she had last year, where the guy turned out to be fifty-nine, not thirty-nine (He claimed it was a typo. Yeah, Iâ€™m sure his finger just happened to slip two spaces to the left).”
“On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.”
“The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for murder, but he would willingly have anyone electrocuted who disagreed with him on the subject.”
“We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody.”

Source : Evan Wright (2005). “Generation Kill”, p.22, Penguin
“I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never amount to anything. You've got to know your place in the world.”

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