To me photography is part of life and any photograph worth looking at twice is a reflection of life, of reality, of nature, of people, of the work of men from art to war.
- Ernest Cole
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Recording the truth at whatever cost is one thing but finding one having to live a lifetime of being a chronicler of misery and injustice and callousness is another.
- Ernest Cole
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I couldn’t get over [being given a camera. For] the first few days I carried it around with me wherever I went— even to school. I went around taking snapshots of school friends, beer parties, babies, and I made quite a bit of money.
- Ernest Cole
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I don’t just want to show new material just for the sake of showing it but I want it to be related in some way or another. So that the viewer walks away with a message in his head and not just with a head full of images.
- Ernest Cole
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In my observation of the Black man’s life in South Africa as presented in House of Bondage, my personal attitude was committed to exposing the evils of South Africa.
- Ernest Cole
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