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There's a lesbian aesthetic, just as there's gay camp, but I don't know if there's such a thing as 'lesbian art.'
Catherine Opie
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Catherine Opie
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: April 14
Academic
Artist
Photographer
University Teacher
Sandusky
Ohio
Camps
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Camp
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