By starting with him, [the viewer is] reminded there's always an aesthetic eye behind the framing of these pictures. |
Here is someone who sits in Maine and works here in Portland, but this show takes you to San Francisco and takes you to Rome through imagination and architecture. |
I knew it would have some resonance to political events. But I didn't select the pictures - I think that's a testament to Magnum photographers. |
It's almost scary that we have not solved these issues. |
Magnum photographers can take a very somber picture but they can also take a very funny picture. I do hope people come away with a sense of humor about this. |
These are not neutral images. Many of these photographers had a political vantage point. They responded emotionally, and it comes out in their pictures. |
They have a viewpoint, they have a story to tell, and all of their photos tell that story. This isn't merely a record of something, it has an implication. |