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May 5, 2014 @vossbrink

I’ll always remember what one of my Anthropology TAs told us back in undergrad: “‘Ceremonial’ is a placeholder word for ‘we don’t know what the fuck is going on here.’”

—Medieval PoC

Ceremonial Photography!

Though truth be told, that would describe a ton of Winogrand as much as any of the New Formalism brand of photography.

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