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My purpose is to acknowledge the wonder of being part of Creation. Though I myself don't create anything, I make from what has been created.
Joel-Peter Witkin
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Joel-Peter Witkin
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: September 13
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Joel Peter Witkin
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