The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
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I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.
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I'm not a photojournalist.
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Happiness? No, it's not there for me.
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I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.
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