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I don't really think I am interested in the macabre, but I am curious about death. That's normal... The only certainty in life is that we're all going to die. It would be unnatural not to think about death once in a while.
Andres Serrano
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Andres Serrano
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 15
Photographer
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Visual Artist
New York City
New York
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