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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
Knowing what was coming without really knowing what was coming.

Knowing what was coming without really knowing what was coming.

It doesn’t know what it is anymore.

It doesn’t know what it is anymore.

Only an idiot would try to write about it.

Only an idiot would try to write about it.

See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

If you believe that, what else do you believe?

If you believe that, what else do you believe?

“There you are,” he says, smiling.

“There you are,” he says, smiling.

We all make certain compromises, of course.

We all make certain compromises, of course.

Are you still here?

Are you still here?

Is that hollow laughter that she hears?

Is that hollow laughter that she hears?

Has she been here before?

Has she been here before?

She feels vaguely threatened.

She feels vaguely threatened.

It’s growing darker, the deeper she goes.

It’s growing darker, the deeper she goes.

I think this is going to have a bad ending.

I think this is going to have a bad ending.

Gone Fishin’

Gone Fishin’

And so it was every day.

And so it was every day.

I didn’t say anything. Of course I’d had no idea.

I didn’t say anything. Of course I’d had no idea.

I told you about those stairs!

I told you about those stairs!

Visiting hours are noon to eight.

Visiting hours are noon to eight.

I am all alone.

I am all alone.

Why did you come back?

Why did you come back?

Then why did you come here?

Then why did you come here?

You are such a dear person to me.

You are such a dear person to me.

That’s not true.

That’s not true.

He never comes to see me.

He never comes to see me.

It seemed to never change.

It seemed to never change.

But there was a lot I didn’t know.

But there was a lot I didn’t know.

They had fallen in love and married.

They had fallen in love and married.

Can I use your car?

Can I use your car?

You want me to drop everything and travel halfway across the world?

You want me to drop everything and travel halfway across the world?

How did we come to know you?

How did we come to know you?

Just come and visit me.

Just come and visit me.

When nobody was around they had had many things to laugh about together.

When nobody was around they had had many things to laugh about together.

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