Wendy Ewald Born : 1951 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Wendy Ewald The most optimistic thing that's happened is that as a society we're beginning to recognize that there are many voices. When I began, thirty years ago, the idea of one author or the artist as being a solitary creature was really the only idea that there was. Wendy Ewald optimistic artist years Gradually I saw that it was less interesting for me, as an artist, to frame the world wholly according to my own perceptions. I wanted instead to create situations in which I allowed others' perceptions to surface with my own. Wendy Ewald perception artist interesting I wanted to make photographs that were immediate and revealing - different from traditional portraiture that called for formal distance between artist and subject. Wendy Ewald distance different artist Sometimes I think I disguise myself as a teacher in order to make the pictures I need to see. Wendy Ewald teacher order thinking