We tried to present the ordinary in an extraordinary manner. But that'…

Ben Shahn
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We tried to present the ordinary in an extraordinary manner. But that's the paradox because the only thing extraordinary about it was that it was so ordinary. Nobody had ever done it before, deliberately. Now it's called documentary, which I suppose is all right ... We just took pictures that cried out to be taken. ✨ Ben Shahn (1972). Ben Shahn
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