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Rudolf Arnheim Quotes: The fundamental peculiarity of the photographic medium; the physical objects themselves print their image by means of the optical and chemical action of light.
         

The fundamental peculiarity of the photographic medium; the physical objects themselves print their image by means of the optical and chemical action of light.


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