Balanced Obsessions: Charles Fontayne and William Porter

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Charles Fontayne and William Porter

1848 Daguerreotypes Bring Middle America's Past to Life
see article in August, 2010 issue of WIRED

Posted by Doug Prince at 5:52 AM

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Kenib Sloan
Kris Kuksi, American sculptor
Leah Giberson
Margaret McCann, American painter
Mark Ryden, pop surrealism
Melanie Walker, flying art
Peter Milton, painter/printmaker
Ray Caesar, British painter
Sherry Palmer
Todd Schorr, surrealist
Zone Patcher, abstract/surreal

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