John Berger Quotes about Memories

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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory.

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory.

John Berger

Photography, Memories, Cameras

1978 New Statesman,17 Aug.

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget.

John Berger

God, Photography, Memories

John Berger (2015). “About Looking”, p.44, Bloomsbury Publishing