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> [ \[My\] pictures are about memory and forgetfulness. The evidence is dissolving. Bones crumble; human ash returns to soil; teeth, sandals, hair, bullets, axes disperse into atoms and molecules. Footprints in the snow will be erased by the next storm. The… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-norfolk/my-pictures-are-about-memory-and-forgetfulness-the-evidence-is/)

Simon Norfolk

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## More by Simon Norfolk

> [ \[My\] pictures are about memory and forgetfulness. The evidence is dissolving. Bones crumble; human ash returns to soil; teeth, sandals, hair, bullets, axes disperse… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-norfolk/my-pictures-are-about-memory-and-forgetfulness-the-evidence-is/)

Simon Norfolk

> [A picture that is ghostly and silent can be more eloquent and less clichéd than a noisier photo-journalistic approach and I have attempted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-norfolk/a-picture-that-is-ghostly-and-silent-can-be-more-eloquent-and-less/)

Simon Norfolk

> [I don't feel like I'm taking pictures, I feel like I'm just gathering them in. They're all out there. I know where they'll be;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-norfolk/i-don-t-feel-like-i-m-taking-pictures-i-feel-like-i-m-just-gathering/)

Simon Norfolk

> [When you're photographing anything to do with war and conflict you're photographing something impossible. Everything you do is just clumsy and stupid and half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-norfolk/when-you-re-photographing-anything-to-do-with-war-and-conflict-you-re/)

Simon Norfolk

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