'Είναι στη φύση του φωτός να σπάζει τα πράγματα' [It's in the nature of light to break things] (Katerina Iliopoulou)

Ariella Azoulay, The Civil Contract of Photography, p. 285.

Ariella Azoulay, The Civil Contract of Photography, p. 282.

‘Assuming that beauty is the distribution of light in the fashion most congenial to one’s retina, a tear is the acknowledgment of the retina’s, as well as the tear’s, failure to retain beauty.’ - Joseph Brodsky, Watermark: An Essay on Venice, p. 109.

Joseph Brodsky, Watermark: An Essay on Venice, p. 107

Joseph Brodsky, Watermark: An Essay on Venice, p. 106

`What is focus - and who has the right to say what focus is the legitimate focus?’ - Julia Margaret Cameron, cited by Pam Roberts, in her essay `Julia Margaret Cameron: A Triumph over Criticism, Graham Clarke’s The Portrait in Photography, pp. 47-70 [55].

According to Pam Roberts, when, in 1879, Julia Margaret Cameron died in Ceylon, the word `beautiful’ was allegedly the last word on her lips. -  Pam Roberts, `Julia Margaret Cameron: A Triumph over Criticism, Graham Clarke’s The Portrait in Photography, pp. 47-70 [62].

`There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth’ - Nietzsche