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I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to the body - the patterns and stripes and all of that.

Chantal Joffe

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Chantal Joffe
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 5
Artist
Painter
Saint Albans
Vermont
Like
Stripes
Narrative
Patterns
Photography
Clothes
Fashion
Stories
Body
Narratives

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