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November 19, 2023

The Dash Gets Its Moment

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From the Wall Street Journal:

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"Conceptual photographer David Matterhorn's 2011 show,

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installed in a rare-book shop,

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focused on the 'dash' symbol used between birth and death years on tombstones."

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"He spent four years zooming in on the dashes of ordinary people as well as celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Oscar Wilde."

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From the top down:

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Bruce Lee, Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Jam Master Jay, Malcolm X, Jackson Pollock, Marilyn Monroe, Harry Houdini.

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November 19, 2023 at 12:19 PM | Permalink


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