The Mystery at the Heart of Great Photographs – The New York Times

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The Mystery at the Heart of Great Photographs (Published 2016)

Pictures that capture a moment in history sometimes contain a glint of magic, an element of wonder that can never be fully understood.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/magazine/the-mystery-at-the-heart-of-great-photographs.html

Larry Sultan once said he “always thought of a great photograph as if some creature walked into my room; it’s like, how did you get here? … The more you try to control the world, the less magic you get.” Winogrand had no objection to staging things; it was just that he could never come up with anything as interesting as what was out there in the streets. But when does the staging start?