A photograph permits a first viewing, and then an individual reflection. It solicits participation, and encourages individuality in interpretation. Television is an autarchy, a dictatorship.
Oliviero ToscaniPictures put you in front of a reality that most of the times you don't want to see, don't want to know about, don't want to get involved.
Oliviero ToscaniI want a better world, but also a realistic world. We can only create a better world by becoming realistic.
Oliviero ToscaniCommunication has always been at the service of power. Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel for the Pope. Is it not an advertisement for the Church? I try to make the best pictures I can and sometimes they are used in advertising campaigns.
Oliviero Toscani