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Susan Meiselas Quotes: The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.
         

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.


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The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.





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