"Today, I count myself blessed to have become a photographer. To be able to articulate the experiences of the voiceless, to bring their identity to the forefront, gives meaning and purpose to my own life."

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Source : G. M. B. Akash, Reena Abraham (2006). “First Light: The Photography of G.M.B. Akash”

G.M.B. Akash

#Blessed Quotes #Giving Quotes #Identity Quotes

“Itâ€™s not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. Itâ€™s not the end-all, be-all of my life.”
“By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.”
“Every candle that gets lit in the dark room must feel a little rejection from the darkness around it, but the last thing I want from those who hold a different world view to me is to accept me.”
“I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water... has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It has a thousand colors and a thousand shapes, yet it follows laws so definite that the tiniest streamlet is an exact replica of a great river.”
“An annibabtist is a thing I am not a member of.”

Source : 'Journal' p. 99
“Turn your nightmares into your dreams , some dreams don't turn out the way you want them to , then wake up and turn and turn it around in your favour.”
“Yeah I grew up on the Westside of Detroit.”
“To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United States, is truly a noble undertaking. But so is the vigilance of the citizen who carefully examines our leaders to see if political problems are being solved by wars simply because this seems to be the easiest solution.”

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