Many things in the world have not been named; and many things, even if they have been named, have never been described.
Susan SontagFinally, the most grandiose result of the photographic enterprise is to give us the sense that we can hold the whole world in our heads – as an anthology of images. To collect photographs is to collect the world
Susan SontagLike the collector, the photographer is animated by a passion that, even when it appears to be for the present, is linked to a sense of the past.
Susan Sontag