Ahh, photography! Which other medium combines the twin pleasures of mechanical frustration and exorbitant expense? Which other medium allows the artist to record, in an instant the delicate interplay of light and shade upon a lace curtain, the myriad expressions of a loved one's face, the majesty of a dawn landscape? Which other medium enables the artist to record for posterity images of himself and his pissed up friends looking like a bunch of prize twats?
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