Alive Quote by Berenice Abbott

“I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute, fighting.”

Berenice Abbott

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What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera... notes with relentless fidelity.

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I have yet to see a fine photograph which is not a good document.

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