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The new world will not need little pictures. If it needs a mirror, it has the photograph and the cinema.
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The quote says that a changed or future world will have no use for “little pictures.” Photography and cinema already serve as a “mirror” by showing or reflecting the world more fully. The comparison presents them as replacing smaller, more limited forms of visual representation.
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- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), “The New Photographer: Propositions for the Future”
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