...things become mainstream when they become imaged over and over again. Something happens in relationship to ideas of representation that makes it more palatable or digestible.
Catherine OpieI like that time is marked by each sunrise and sunset whether or not you actually see it.
Catherine OpieThe reason I call myself a documentary photographer is the idea of how photographs contain and participate in history.
Catherine OpieLanguage is a very complicated thing, and that's one of the reasons why I like making photographs.
Catherine OpieI'm very empathic to the construction of masculinity within our culture and how we build these identities up.
Catherine OpieWhen we were kids, growing up in the sixties, the only images we had of ourselves were either still photographs or 8mm movies.... Now we have video, digital cameras, MP3s, and a million other ways to document ourselves. But the still photograph continues to hold a sense of mystery and awe to me.
Catherine Opie