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Quote by John Berger
The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget. – John Berger

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The human imagination… has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open. – John Berger

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Dreams
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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. – John Berger

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alone
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Nakedness reveals itself.
Nudity is placed on display.
The nude is condemned to never
being naked.
Nudity is a form of dress. – John Berger

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The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking – and looking. – Brooks Atkinson

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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety. – Ansel Adams

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I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it. – Author Unknown

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Photography helps people to see. – Berenice Abbott

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