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" Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities. "
History
Immigrant
Part
" I'm not a politically radical person. In fact, I'm much more interested in being radical aesthetically. "
Being
More
Radical
" In Europe, I am an outsider. I don't really understand anything that I am seeing. I can be welcomed into people's homes, I can be met with suspicion, I can be taken somewhere else altogether. There is always wonderment there for me, even if the person I am photographing may not see it or be aware of it. "
People
Seeing
Understand
" In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it's trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting work out in many forms and stages is an extension of how I see things. I feel the art process is best served when it invites comments and constructive criticism from people. "
Art
Work
Time
" It's always good to find things that you haven't found before. "
Things
Before
Good
" I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself. "
Intuition
Yourself
Use
" My only agenda is to bring attention to otherwise ignored and shunned lives. "
Bring
Attention
Agenda
" Since 1970, I've been using text and ephemera as well as photographs in order to tell stories of one kind or another. There's a thread that runs through all the work that is to do with bearing witness. The photographs are about asking questions, though, not answering them. "
Asking Questions
Kind
Questions
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