“Cameras began duplicating the world at that moment when the human landscape started to undergo a vertiginous rate of change: while an untold number of forms of biological and social life are being destroyed in a brief span of time, a device is available to record what is disappearing.” WorldHumansMomentsFormSocialNumbersRecordsPhotographyCamerasRateAvailableDisappearDestroyedLandscapeDevicesThat MomentSocial LifeRate Of Change Book:On photography Source: On photography
“John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war.” WorldWarRecordsCenturyDestroyedWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiBombingManchester Author:Isaac Asimov
“The rise of the Internet has caused the demise of the record labels, and has destroyed the music business of old, but it's also created new opportunities for young artists.” YoungArtistOpportunityRecordsInternetDestroyedLabelsMusic BusinessDemiseRecord LabelsNew OpportunityYoung Artists Author:Judy Collins
“From the moment the tourist enters the site, everyone has to be photographed in front of every feature of note.... The photographic record of the visit has almost destroyed the very notion of actually looking.” MomentsRecordsFrontsNotesNotionDestroyedFeaturesSiteTourists Author:Martin Parr