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‘Focus on Four’ is a sharp sampler

By GREG COOK | October 29, 2009

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Just a quick note on attributions for this exhibition. I checked with curator Nancy Grinnell about this: the Hine photo above is courtesy Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI. Slater Mill paired Hine's work with Lapham's to show how the sites and people had changed over the decades. Nancy said, " Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Hine was seeking to change society, not make a lasting fine art contribution." Also, the Siskind image is from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan. Thanks Greg!

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