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“Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times - the pulse of today.” quote by Berenice Abbott — Download Open image

“Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times - the pulse of today.”

Berenice Abbott

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