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His self-portraits are deeply linked to the photographs of his clients; both types depict a theatrical space in which the sitters reinvent themselves freely. In this tightly cropped photograph, the teenage photographer poses holding paper bouquets in his studio, whose small stage and curtain are barely visible. </P></SPAN>","remarks":"African rotation September 2014"}],"datebegin":1977,"sortnumber":"2003  243","published_date":"2026-03-31 02:32:26.784997","objectid":42091,"dimensions":"image: 46.7 x 46.6 cm (18 3/8 x 18 3/8 in.)\r\nsheet: 65 x 50.6 cm (25 9/16 x 19 15/16 in.)","on_view":false}