Carl Robert Pope, Jr.

I am dealing with the unconscious in that I don’t think about what I shoot, I just react to what I see. But I am only reacting to what I see and my thoughts about what I want to see. Before I go shoot I have made up my mind about some of the things I am interested in and what I hope to do. Then when I go out and shoot I have already programmed myself about some of the things I am interested in, but I leave myself open to see what happens. Later I think about what it is I have just seen and photographed and experienced.

–Carl Robert Pope, Jr.

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The Lights When Out Inside

Artist Pope, Carl

birth-death 1961-

Creation date 1985
Materials gelatin silver print

Dimensions 16 x 20 in. | 40.6 x 50.8 cm.

Those Cigarettes

Artist Pope, Carl
nationality American
birth-death 1961-
Creation date 1987
Materials hand-tinted gelatin silver print
Dimensions 14 x 10 7/8 in. | 35. 6 x 27.6 cm. (each)

Two Popes, 1967

Artist Pope, Carl
nationality American
birth-death 1961-
Creation date 1983
Materials gelatin silver print
Dimensions 41 1/4 x 48 1/2 in. | 104.8 x 123.2 cm.

Carl Robert Pope Quotes

"I am dealing with the unconscious in that I don’t think about what I shoot, I just react to what I see. But I am only reacting to what I see and my thoughts about what I want to see. Before I go shoot I have made up my mind about some of the things I am interested in and what I hope to do. Then when I go out and shoot I have already programmed myself about some of the things I am interested in, but I leave myself open to see what happens. Later I think about what it is I have just seen and photographed and experienced." - Carl Robert Pope, Jr.

"I was interested in environmental portraiture, the mix between the environment and the person. I didn’t know any of these people, but they knew my face and felt comfortable with me. I had been there with a medium-format camera the year before. I would have little contact sheets to show what I was doing. I would ask questions about what they were doing in the community and their lives. They felt comfortable with a toy camera, they were not threatened at all." - Carl Robert Pope, Jr.

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