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“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this -- as in other ways -- they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.”
John Berger quotes (English Painter, b.1926)

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“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.”
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“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.”
Berenice Abbott quotes (American Photographer, 1898-1991)
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“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”
Gloria Naylor quotes (African-American novelist and educator, 1950)
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“For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own story, shaped by the mood or insights of the person you are at the time you see it. It becomes layered with the past and the present. It need not be of people you k”

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