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Quote by Claude Levi-Strauss

“[Photography] remains servile to a thoughtless vision of the world... As the term snapshot suggests, photography seizes the moment and exhibits it.”

Quote by Claude Levi-Strauss

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Claude Levi-Strauss

Claude Levi-Strauss was a French anthropologist known for his structuralist theories and his analyses of myths, kinship, and human culture. His work has had a profound impact on post-structuralism and semiotics. more

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