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Form Security Administration (Anything We Know). 1994–95. Knitted cotton yarn, and oil on gelatin silver print. 62 3/4 in. x 8 ft. 2 1/2 in. (159.4 x 250.2 cm)

 

Anything we know we won’t have around much longer becomes an image.

— Walter Benjamin

 

The photographer is supertourist, an extension of the anthropologist, visiting natives and bringing back news of their exotic doings and strange gear. The photographer is always trying to colonize new experiences.

— Susan Sontag