To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt.
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"To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt." — Susan Sontag #deathmortality
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To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt. — Susan Sontag
About Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag was a Author from United States (1933–2004).
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This quote is attributed to Susan Sontag, a Author from United States.
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Susan Sontag lived from 1933 – 2004.
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