Sam Haskins
Samuel Joseph Haskins (11 November 1926 – 26 November 2009), was a British photographer, born and raised in South Africa. He started his career in Johannesburg and moved to London in 1968.
Quotes
[edit]- Thus my pictures are quite simple: me, thinking in images.
- I think it very important never to confuse psychology or literature with photography.
- Artists don't owe the world anything, least of all explanations.
- I always insist that art is not a competition. Critics and curators miss the fact that valid work takes place across a wide spectrum
- I think of myself as a designer who uses the photographic medium and I consider the female nude figure to be a design element, capable of endless permutations.
