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As every artist who has used the method knows - photography's a loyal slave and a tyrannical master.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Masters
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Tyrannical
Every
Loyal
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Slave
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Photography

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