photography's unique capacity to iconize moments/history

[common_as_stone]

"television seems to tell us everything we need to know. it drains the mystery by suggesting that what we see is all there is. good photography restores the mystery of the world by stopping time so that we can both see and reflect upon what is there. hence the unending strangeness of photography: that it both documents the world, establishes

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[midnightglobe]

i am such a fan of ignatieff just via his quotes i stumble across. i need to buy a book of his.