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Photo Essay By Rick Doble

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My main subject, as a photographer, is Durham, the community in which I live. I like also to display and publish these images within the area because it is extremely satisfying to listen to a response from people who live here.

By Rick DobleMay 1976

Photography

Overheard . . .

“. . . as my taste became more refined, I abandoned de Musset for Verlaine, and, as a rule, I’d say that one who was brought up on Hugo would dedicate himself entirely . . .”

September 1974

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A Slightly Biased View

By SiouxJune 1974

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