lensman
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At the time it was groundbreaking, even radical, to photograph transgender people as regular folk, rather than as exotics or freaks or medical specimens, and rarer still for the lensman to be transgender.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023
The lensman didn’t just work in the fashion industry.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2022
Rau to release limited edition photos taken by the lensman.
From Fox News • Jun. 1, 2020
Footage captures his hands absolutely covered with jungle insects as he tries to frame a shot perfectly — the lensman scarcely paying any mind to the pests as he works.
From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2017
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But seeing a single image by seminal French lensman Henri Cartier-Bresson persuaded him that photography was what he needed to be doing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2017
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