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For photography to be an art involves reformulating notions of art, rejecting both material and formal purism and also the separation of art from commerce as distinct semiotic practices that never interlock.
Peter Wollen
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Peter Wollen
Age: 81 †
Born: 1938
Born: June 29
Died: 2019
Died: December 17
Art Historian
Film Director
Film Theorist
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London
England
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