There is in fact something obscene and sinister about photography, a d…

William S. Burroughs
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There is in fact something obscene and sinister about photography, a desire to imprison, to incorporate, a sexual intensity of pursuit. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader, p.87, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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