I do photograph things for people to look at 100 years from now. But we're such a mediated society that things become historical the next day.
Catherine OpieI always give a print to everybody I photograph, and some of my subjects have told me they have a hard time hanging them up at home.
Catherine OpieLanguage is a very complicated thing, and that's one of the reasons why I like making photographs.
Catherine OpieI tried to get as far away from home as possible after I graduated from high school because I had a hard time being a kid.
Catherine Opie