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" So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful. "

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" A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it. "

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" I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up. "

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