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Sep 2023
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Episode 208: In the Gallery

NATE DIMEO
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Music

  • The Theory by Clem Leek

  • Hiddensee by Caeys

  • The Clock Tower by Hampshire and Foat

Notes

  • If you want to know more about Gardner, I’d suggest Witness to an Era: the Life and Photographs of Alexander Gardner, by Mark Katz.

  • On Brady, Matthew Brady: Portraits of a Nation, by Robert Wilson.

  • I’d also suggest reading the New York Times’ review of the exhibit. It’s pretty stunning.

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