"If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers."

Robert Mapplethorpe, American Photographer

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"If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers."

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