Anyone versed in the ways of photography is familiar with it's legendary facility to encapsulate and preserve the truth of any given moment- and just how patently false that assumption actually is. Even the best of documentary photography is a truncated "fiction" of an actual event. But when compared to say, pure memory, it can definitely have its advantages. And then there are those who not only want to better preserve life's moments- they want to hold on to life itself, period.I don't see how photography could've saved this insane comedy of errors, but it definitely speaks to how our own memories and personal interpretations of actual events can be distorted into our very own personalized mythology...
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