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LA Photo Gallerist G. Ray Hawkins Passes Away
G. Ray Hawkins, who opened the first public gallery in Los Angeles devoted to photography in 1975, died last December 11. He was 80 years old.
Hawkins’s gallery introduced numerous well-…
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 – 1995)
Of his life’s work, he said, “My God, it’s unbelievable.”
His day begins at 4:30am – “I don’t like to be rushed.”
But the eyes of Alfred Eisenstaedt…
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