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Camera Quote by Minor White

“If I have anything to give you through camera, it must be of myself. … A gnawing burns inside … to make something of myself worth giving.” quote by Minor White — Download Open image

“If I have anything to give you through camera, it must be of myself. … A gnawing burns inside … to make something of myself worth giving.”

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