Jean Baudrillard Quotes

The close-up of a face is as obscene as a sexual organ seen from up close. It is a sexual organ. The promiscuity of the detail, the zoom-in, takes on a sexual value. (p. 43)

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• He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.

  

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• The close-up of a face is as obscene as a sexual organ seen from up close. It is a sexual organ. The promiscuity of the detail, the zoom-in, takes on a sexual value. (p. 43)

  

  Jean Baudrillard
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