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The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects --making it possible. . . to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.

Source: On Photography, Melancholy Objects, 1977.
-- Susan Sontag, (Jan 16 1933-2004), US author, critic; She was one of the most influential contemporary American critics, utilizing new sensibility to evaluate art.

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