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| The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media C Fuldner, MS Witkovsky Yale University Press, 2023 | | 2023 |
| First Exposures: Writings from the Beginning of Photography J Bear History of Photography 43 (1), 110-111, 2019 | | 2019 |
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