“[photographers] look at you to get a better look at themselves.
Didn’t you know that an essential piece of the camera is the mirror installed inside the casing?”
— Stacy Platt, writer, educator, photographer. From an article on the Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase” titled The Art of Losing Love, pt.1 : Words on Masahisa Fukase
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