Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about n…

Susan Sontag
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Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures. ✨ Susan Sontag (2011). On Photography, p.11, Macmillan
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Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures. ✨ Susan Sontag (2011). On Photography, p.11, Macmillan

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