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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. Henri Cartier-Bresson
This was a bad breakup.

This was a bad breakup.

It had taken years before their affair was truly over.

It had taken years before their affair was truly over.

You had to really cultivate an ending.

You had to really cultivate an ending.

The love that had protected him began to fall away.

The love that had protected him began to fall away.

The language that she spoke was no longer spoken anywhere on earth.

The language that she spoke was no longer spoken anywhere on earth.

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

Where are you coming from?

Where are you coming from?

The music sounded like fists beating at the wall.

The music sounded like fists beating at the wall.

This was a very important question.

This was a very important question.

It’s changing all the time.

It’s changing all the time.

You don’t want me to grow up.

You don’t want me to grow up.

There is so much about yourself that you do not recall.

There is so much about yourself that you do not recall.

I don’t think that’s really accurate, sir.

I don’t think that’s really accurate, sir.

Ancestral superstitions still hovered over the islanders’ minds.

Ancestral superstitions still hovered over the islanders’ minds.

The secret depths her smile concealed.

The secret depths her smile concealed.

Everyone has to wear clothes.

Everyone has to wear clothes.

Gone Fishin’

Gone Fishin’

The bog crickets were doing a raspy ventriloquy of the stars.

The bog crickets were doing a raspy ventriloquy of the stars.

You know nothing about her.

You know nothing about her.

Do something crazy, stupid … .

Do something crazy, stupid … .

She wouldn’t know where to begin.

She wouldn’t know where to begin.

It was a very young face.

It was a very young face.

Once he had a car, it would be no great challenge to sleep with a girl or a woman.

Once he had a car, it would be no great challenge to sleep with a girl or a woman.

It’s unlikely that you’ve ever visited.

It’s unlikely that you’ve ever visited.

He had celery-green eyes.

He had celery-green eyes.

It’s easy to let that happen.

It’s easy to let that happen.

Everything dissolves like sugar in water.

Everything dissolves like sugar in water.

Where has she gone and what has she become?

Where has she gone and what has she become?

She closes her eyes.

She closes her eyes.

From inside the box, she screams.

From inside the box, she screams.

I thought maybe it was him.

I thought maybe it was him.

Was that too much?

Was that too much?

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