Quote by Susan Sontag

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.

To take a photograph is to participate in another person's m

Summary

This quote suggests that when we take a photograph, we capture a moment that represents someone's mortality, vulnerability, and the transient nature of life. By freezing that moment in time, a photograph serves as a reminder of how time continues to pass and everything is subject to change. It reflects the inevitability of time's passage and the fragility of human existence.

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By Susan Sontag

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