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"The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself. And that is no mean function." ~ Edward Steichen
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Image and quote Edward Steichen. Isadora .Duncan at the Portals of the Parthenon, 1921. Courtesy of the George Eastman Museum © 2019 The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.