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Judy Fiskin Quotes

In my work, the information is the least important part. It's there, and the work wouldn't mean the same thing without it, but it isn't structured around the information. The most interesting part to me is the visual

In my work, the information is the least important part. It's there, and the work wouldn't mean the same thing without it, but it isn't structured around the information. The most interesting part to me is the visual play... looking at this little universe of representation that I can make out of the world.

Judy Fiskin
Mean, Play, Interesting

I was trying to match my mental image of the world, rather than the world itself, and mental images of objects aren't full of detail. If you think house, you're going to get something very general... Dropping detail made the photographs more general, like mental images.

Judy Fiskin
Thinking, House, Trying
Judy Fiskin, Christopher Knight (1988). “Judy Fiskin”, A R T Pr

For me, looking at small images somehow recreates the experience of looking through a viewfinder.... At this size they're edible. You don't just scan them. You take them in all at once.

Judy Fiskin
Size
Judy Fiskin, Christopher Knight (1988). “Judy Fiskin”, A R T Pr

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