Field notes, v1724
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"Photo Taken by A.C." "A camera whose lens has been replaced by a painted piece of clear plastic, and which is used as an optical illusion toy" "This was made for the first time in this room on June 23 1971." "It is now just a photo of a photo taken on June 23 1971." "I am not sure if this is true or not, but I know that it is interesting." "The date is written backwards because the camera was used upside down." "There are no people in the picture." "Only a few objects can be seen clearly." "One of them looks like a small table." "Another one seems to be a chair." "And there is also what appears to be a lamp." "But everything else is very blurry and hard to make out." "Maybe it's just the way the light hits the surface." "Or maybe it's because the photo itself is old and faded." "Either way, I think it's still quite fascinating." "I wonder how many times someone has looked at this image before me." "Perhaps they too have tried to figure out what exactly is going on here." "Or maybe they've given up trying altogether." "Who knows?"