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I have asked students at the beginning of their careers, what things of that sort might haunt them – what things they must photograph, things they have to try to shoot even before they master the intricacies of making dye transfer prints.

Robert Adams

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Robert Adams
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 8
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Robert Hickman Adams
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