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is a device that relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other God has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget.

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget. (John Berger)

is a killing chamber, which speeds up the time it claims to be conserving. like coffins exhumed and pried open, the photographs put on show what we were and what we will be again.

is a predatory weapon automated, ready to spring. It is expected by popular taste to be both easy and invisible.

Like a car, a camera is sold as a predatory weapon one that's as automated as possible, ready to spring. Popular taste expects an easy, an invisible technology.' Susan Sontag, On Photography

is a sketchbook, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously.

for me, the camera is a sketchbook, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously.

is a sublimation of the gun and to photograph someone is a subliminal murder a soft murder, appropriate to a sad, frightened time.

Just as a camera is a sublimation of the gun, to photograph someone is a subliminal murder a soft murder, appropriate to a sad, frightened time. (Susan Sontag)

is a tool for seeing, making capable the catching of certain patterns.

I grew up with the camera as a tool for seeing. I love catching patterns through my camera lens. As a musician, it is like seeing the colourful fabric of an orchestral accompaniment. (Ruth Phillips)

is a tool that allows you to see with your soul.

The Camera is a tool that allows you to see with your soul. (Rob Gibson)

is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. (Dorothea Lange)

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