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All Pictures Are Unnatural. All Pictures Are Sad Because They're About Dead People. Paintings You Don't Think Of In A Special Time Or With A Specific Event. With Photos I Always Think I'm Looking At Something Dead.

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All Pictures Are Unnatural.

David Bailey

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All Pictures Are Unnatural. All Pictures Are Sad Because They're About Dead People. Paintings You Don't Think Of In A Special Time Or With A Specific Event. With Photos I Always Think I'm Looking At Something Dead.

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