A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second. ✨ Sa…

Salman Rushdie
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A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2000). The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel, p.13, Macmillan
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A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2000). The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel, p.13, Macmillan

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