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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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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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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What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity. – Berenice Abbott

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Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. – Berenice Abbott

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Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be. – Duane Michals

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Photography helps people to see. – Berenice Abbott

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