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It would have been possible to structure my photographs in such a way that no indicators of the present were discernible. However, I wanted to incorporate into the project as a whole the jostling of time-frames I would feel as I set up my tripod on various rocky promontories.

John Pfahl

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John Pfahl
Age: 81 †
Born: 1939
Born: February 17
Died: 2020
Died: April 15
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