From the point of view of photography, I'll smite the pictu… - Isidore Isou

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From the point of view of photography, I'll smite the picture with sun rays. I'll take old stock shots and scratch them; I'll claw at them so that unknown beauty sees the light of day. I shall sculpt flowers upon the film stock.

Isidore Isou

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About Isidore Isou

Isidore Isou (January 31, 1925 – July 28, 2007), born Ioan-Isidor Goldstein, was a Romanian-born French poet, film critic and visual artist. He was the founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism.

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Pen Names: Claude Damiens

Birth Name: Isidor Goldstein

Alternative Names: Jean-Isidore Isou • Jean-Isidore Isou Goldstein • Jean Isidore Goldstein • Isidore Goldstein • Jean-Isidore Golstein

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