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Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it...

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Julian Schnabel
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 26
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New York City
New York
G'iuliʼan Shenabel
Julian C. Schnabel
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