French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) took a lot of heat for the arguments he made about language especially in relation to his theory of deconstructionism. But, as someone who takes a lot of photographs, I think he's on to something with this point (which also provides some evidence of the validity of deconstruction):
"Whatever precautions you take so the photograph will look like this or that, there comes a moment when the photograph surprises you. It is the other's gaze that wins out and decides."
"Whatever precautions you take so the 
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