Quote by John Berger
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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What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. – John Berger

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Photography is a tough life: you can be taken, framed, exposed, shot, captured, and hung all in the same day. – Author Unknown

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A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus

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The camera can photograph thought. – Dirk Bogarde

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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. – Ambrose Bierce

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