01 Jan 2005
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Grete, la mirada oblicua
Grete Stern decided to be a photographer. Then she also decided to be Argentinian. Those two choices are interwoven in a unique heritage, of paramount importance for modern Argentinian photography, that helps us better understand the world we live in and the worlds that live inside us.
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