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Main Entry: 1doc·u·ment Pronunciation: "dä-ky&-m&nt, -kyü-: noun

Middle English, precept, teaching, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin documentum official paper, from Latin, lesson, proof, from docEre to teach -- more at DOCILE1 a archaic : PROOF, EVIDENCE b : an original or official paper relied on as the basis, proof, or support of something c : something (as a photograph or a recording) that serves as evidence or proof2 a : a writing conveying information b : a material substance (as a coin or stone) having on it a representation of thoughts by means of some conventional mark or symbol.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

les mains - these hands | how much they say

It's true. The old adage, a picture is worth a thousand words, especially in the hands of the right photographer and that doesn't mean the 'best' photographer, just the one for the moment or the one who knows his or her subject well and can really get them, capture them on film; this is a gift, a friend told me, that not every body has. She said that I'm lucky I have I; which was news to me because I've never thought of myself as a photographer of anything other than snapshots and really when push comes to shove, that's all these are, snapshots; just a little more interesting perhaps, but that's all >>more

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