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Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an

Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does. – John Berger

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Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. – John Berger

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Publicity is the life of this culture — in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive — and at the same time publicity is its dream. – John Berger

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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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The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth. – Harold Evans, “Pictures on a Page”

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A photograph is usually looked at — seldom looked into. – Ansel Adams

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I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything. – John Steinbeck

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