Anne-Katrin Purkiss, Rebecca Salter R.A., April 2015.
Silver gelatin print. camera: hasselblad, 400 asa ilford delta film. 253 mm x 203 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Anne-Katrin Purkiss.
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Rebecca Salter R.A., April 2015
Anne-Katrin Purkiss (b. 1959)
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253 mm x 203 mm
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