. . . a fact about photography: we can look at people's faces in photographs with an intensity … - Adam Gopnik

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We talked about nothing in particular, but it felt like we were talking about the most important things.

Adam Gopnik

. . . a fact about photography: we can look at people's faces in photographs with an intensity and intimacy that in life we normally only reserve for extreme emotional states - for a first look at someone we may sleep with, or a last look at someone we love.

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