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In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
Art Critic
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Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Photographer
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Political Journalist
Short Story Writer
Theatre Critic
Paris
France
Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
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