Photographs are the results of a diminution of solar energy, and the camera is an entropic machine for recording gradual loss of light.
Robert SmithsonLanguage should find itself in the physical world, and not end up locked in an idea in somebody's head
Robert SmithsonNoon-day sunshine cinema-ized the site, turning the bridge and the river into an over-exposed picture. Photographing it with my Instamatic 400 was like photographing a photograph. The sun became a monstrous light-bulb that projected a detached series of stills through my Instamatic into my eye.
Robert Smithson