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Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes: Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.
         

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.


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This page presents the quote "Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.". Author of this quote is Henri Cartier-Bresson. This quote is about existence, photography, photojournalism,.