Catherine Opie

Books by Catherine Opie

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The biggest cliche in photography is sunrise and sunset.
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I like that time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it.
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I want to seduce my viewers and be able to hold them with the work. Much of that is done in terms of formalist ideas that I bring to the work.
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I go back and forth, but I never wanted to be the photographer of the gay and lesbian community. I will wave a rainbow flag proudly, but I am not a singular identity. I think a singular identity isn't very interesting, and I'm a little bit more multifaceted as a person than that.
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