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My Parents Offered Me My First Camera For My Birthday And I Developed An Exclusive Passion For It Over The Years. Since I Was Not The Most Social Kid On The Block, The Camera Helped Me To Express Myself, Invent My Own Language - Something Like A Secret Garden. I Decided Early On I Would Not Write In A Diary But Take Silent Photographs Instead.

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My Parents Offered Me My First Camera

Hedi Slimane

My Parents Offered Me My First Camera For My Birthday And I Developed An Exclusive Passion For It Over The Years. Since I Was Not The Most Social Kid On The Block, The Camera Helped Me To Express Myself, Invent My Own Language - Something Like A Secret Garden. I Decided Early On I Would Not Write In A Diary But Take Silent Photographs Instead.

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