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Quote by Dorothea Lange
While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. – Dorothea Lange

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Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. – Dorothea Lange

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