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I never prepare a speech. I n...

I never prepare a speech. I never think when I give a speech, except for "don't embarrass yourself or others," meaning "remember the names of the people you have to thank."

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

[Photography] tells you that ...

[Photography] tells you that every second in time is different from every other second. You want people to understand that the image in front of them has something to do with the truth, and it can never be repeated.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

Nothing is staged. And nothin...

Nothing is staged. And nothing is already there. Everything is transformed through the camera.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

Black and white is a very min...

Black and white is a very minimalist art form and unlike color photographs does not pretend to mimic the world in a manner similar to the way the human eye might perceive... Black and white is essentially an abstract way to interpret and transform what one might refer to as reality.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

If an artist is one who spend...

If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

It is my belief that the most...

It is my belief that the most challenging photographs are those that create a tension between what we refer to as the real and the imaginative.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

I never think about a photo b...

I never think about a photo before I start it. I try to let my mind relax, and then when I get there I do it.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

Life on the planet and in our...

Life on the planet and in our galaxy is so complex, I don't hope to have any substantial effect in it, but if I can touch a few people deep in their psyche, by making my personal subjective journey concrete for others, then I am very happy.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

The pictures are of a psychol...

The pictures are of a psychological culture, a Jungian culture, if you will. It emanates from my own psyche... It's a hard place to get to, honestly. It has taken me many years to get to that place and to define it visually.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

Black and White is essentiall...

Black and White is essentially an abstract way to interpret and transform what one might refer to as reality. My purpose in taking photographs over the past forty years has ultimately been about defining myself. It has been fundamentally a psychological and existential journey.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

Black and White is essentially...

Black and White is essentially an abstract way to interpret and transform what one might refer to as reality. My purpose in taking photographs over the past forty years has ultimately been about defining myself. It has been fundamentally a psychological and existential journey.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

If an artist is one who spends...

If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

When you go searching, you nev...

When you go searching, you never know what you will find.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

My best Pictures are the ones ...

My best Pictures are the ones I don't understand.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

[My] goal as an artist is to c...

[My] goal as an artist is to create increasingly complex images with greater and greater clarity of form and intensity of vision.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

The pictures are of a psycholo...

The pictures are of a psychological culture, a Jungian culture, if you will. It emanates from my own psyche... It's a hard place to get to, honestly. It has taken me many years to get to that place and to define it visually.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

In the end, I believe that the...

In the end, I believe that the most important influence on my aesthetic has been the photographs I have taken.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

I never think about a photo be...

I never think about a photo before I start it. I try to let my mind relax, and then when I get there I do it.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

[Photography] tells you that e...

[Photography] tells you that every second in time is different from every other second. You want people to understand that the image in front of them has something to do with the truth, and it can never be repeated.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

It is my belief that the most ...

It is my belief that the most challenging photographs are those that create a tension between what we refer to as the real and the imaginative.

Roger Ballen 14 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....