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"title": "Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica",
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"description": "A couple enjoys one of the rides at a popular, historical Parisian street festival known as the Gingerbread Fair. Like Bing\u2019s cancan photographs, the real subjects here are the sensations of motion and excitement.",
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