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I have never sought out the extraordinary or the scoop. I looked at what complemented my life. The beauty of the ordinary was always the source of my greatest emotions.

Willy Ronis

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Willy Ronis
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: August 14
Died: 2009
Died: September 12
Photographer
Photojournalist
University Teacher
9th arrondissement
Paris
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Emotion
Complemented
Greatest
Scoop
Beauty
Sought
Always
Emotions
Never
Extraordinary
Life
Looked
Ordinary

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