Anne-Katrin Purkiss, Ivor Abrahams R.A., April 2006.
Silver gelatin print.camera: hasselblad 503cw. film: 400asa ilford delta.. 205 mm x 293 mm. © Anne-Katrin Purkiss.
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Ivor Abrahams R.A., April 2006
Anne-Katrin Purkiss (b. 1959)
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205 mm x 293 mm
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