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How cameras alter intimate relationships

I want to photograph my grandmother before she dies but every time I try she becomes someone else in front of the camera

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The presence of photographic equipment transforms natural interactions into performed behaviors that obscure authentic connection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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