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In effect, an electric current pulls or pushes the different
constituents of the sample into zones where they would
normally be invisible.
However, to say that “the camera cannot lie” is merely to
underline the multiple deceits that are now practiced in its
name. Indeed, the world of the movie that was prepared by the
photograph has become synonymous with illusion and fantasy,
turning society into what Joyce called an “allnights newsery
reel,” that substitutes a “reel” world for reality. Joyce knew
more about the effects of the photograph on our senses, our
language, and our thought processes than anybody else. His
verdict on the “automatic writing” that is photography was the
abnihilization of the etym . He saw the photo as at least a rival,
and perhaps a usurper, of the word, whether written or spoken.
But if etym (etymology) means the heart and core and moist