Anne-Katrin Purkiss, Sir Philip Dowson PPRA, February 1994.
Camera: hasselblad 500 c/m (scanned from negative ilford delta 400asa). printed on hahnemühle fine art paper (pearl).. 305 mm x 240 mm. © Anne-Katrin Purkiss.
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Sir Philip Dowson PPRA, February 1994
Anne-Katrin Purkiss (b. 1959)
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