Group f/64 was more than a club of artists; they described themselves as engaged in a battle against a "tide of oppressive pictorialism" and purposely called their defining proclamation a manifesto, with all the political overtones that the name implies.
O Grupo f/64 era máis que un grupo de artista; describíanse a si mesmos como comprometidos nunha batalla contra unha "marea de pictorialismo opresivo", con todas as connotacións políticas que o nome implica.