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Waswo [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/waswo-x-waswo-72044_books_this-book-does-not-try-to-document-any-p_1559509.jpg) ## Other authors on East and west - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rudyard-kipling-81668.jpg) Rudyard Kipling 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/east-and-west/rudyard-kipling/) ## More by Waswo X. Waswo > [“We photographers are a despicable bunch. We take photographs. The best of us do not show people as they wish to be seen, instead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/waswo-x-waswo/we-photographers-are-a-despicable-bunch-we-take-photographs-the-best/) Waswo X. Waswo > [“I have learned that the camera is, as is often said, a powerful weapon. And the wielder of that weapon can be perceived as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/waswo-x-waswo/i-have-learned-that-the-camera-is-as-is-often-said-a-powerful-weapon/) Waswo X. Waswo > [“This book does not try to “document” any particular aspect of Indian life. To me, doing such a thing would seem a pretentious and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/waswo-x-waswo/this-book-does-not-try-to-document-any-particular-aspect-of-indian/) Waswo X. Waswo > [“The sight of this woman infringing on the privacy of others so aggressively and casually sent revulsion through my entire being. What was she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/waswo-x-waswo/the-sight-of-this-woman-infringing-on-the-privacy-of-others-so/) Waswo X. Waswo ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/east-and-west/waswo-x-waswo/#itemlist", "name": "1 East and west Quotes By Waswo X. Waswo", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This book does not try to “document” any particular aspect of Indian life. 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