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title: "3 Photograph Record Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Photograph Record quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Photograph Record sayings and thoughts."
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> [The fact is that the camera is literal if anything, which gives it something in common with a thermometer... Often the tension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-loengard/the-fact-is-that-the-camera-is-literal-if-anything-which-gives-it/)

[John Loengard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-loengard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/john-loengard-33680_beauty_the-fact-is-that-the-camera-is-literal-i_559055.png)

> [I'm deeply interested in the photograph as a record of an encounter and enjoy putting myself in a timeline of image-makers, alongside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-meiselas/i-m-deeply-interested-in-the-photograph-as-a-record-of-an-encounter/)

[Susan Meiselas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-meiselas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/susan-meiselas-41783_anthropologists_i-m-deeply-interested-in-the-photograph_666564.png)

> [It's never as good the second time. Things don't get better. You can't always go back, a lot of it has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-a-tice/it-s-never-as-good-the-second-time-things-don-t-get-better-you-can-t/)

[George A Tice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-a-tice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/george-a-tice-48566_get-better_it-s-never-as-good-the-second-time-thing_1093432.png)

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