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Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even more beautiful.

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Jock Sturges
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 1
Photographer
New York City
New York
People
Became
Cases
Artist
Beautiful
Rounder
Even
Voluptuous
Much
Photographed
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Sticks

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