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Spotted at Hypebeast: a great video featuring the French photographer/provocateur/street artist JR.

Speaking of photography for the folks, Luc Sante's upcoming book, Folk Photography: The American Real-Photo Postcard 1905-1930, is STUNNING. More soon...

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