Susan Sontag :
Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures.
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Travel and Tourism
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Photography
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Vacation
Gift it
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