I don't think it's the camera that can steal a soul - it's what the camera creates that does it. It's those eyes that see through the camera, through the rips of the paper or the pixels of the screen, that fear not for their own souls, but for your witless soul; it's those eyes that belie the surreality of the print, that cheat the simulacrum, that vindicate themselves while exposing your own self, your own fears, your own soul.
But those creations are also, often, supremely beautiful.
Its every photographer's goal to capture that "something". You are right that its not the camera.....its the person behind the lens. And its an art. Would love to know the names of the photographers who captured all these wonderful portraits...
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