I need there to be documentary photographers, because my work is meta-documentary; it is a commentary about the documentary use of photography.
Joan FontcubertaEvery photograph is a fiction with pretensions to truth. Despite everything that we have been inculcated, all that we believe, photography always lies; it lies instinctively, lies because its nature does not allow it to do anything else.
Joan FontcubertaI have always thought that the photographer does artistic work and that art consists of working with fictional premises.
Joan FontcubertaThe heart [of my work], the quintessential, remains the questioning of photographic truth. Be careful, be critical, doubt, and filter the information you receive.
Joan Fontcuberta