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Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own. There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.

Robert Heinecken

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Robert Heinecken
Age: 74 †
Born: 1931
Born: December 29
Died: 2006
Died: January 1
Photographer
University Teacher
Denver
Colorado
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