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◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
When I Was a Photographer
Félix Nadar
Nadar's memoir recounts his experiences as a pioneering photographer in the nineteenth century, presented as a series of vignettes that reveal both the technical and personal dimensions of his work in this emerging medium. Written when the author was eighty, the book combines intelligence and humor to capture a transformative period in photography's history.
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🌗 Last Quarter · 68% lit
A bright moon tonight, so the Milky Way and the faintest stars wash out.
Sky's truly dark after 10:06 PM.
◆ NASA's photo today: Spokes on Saturn's B Ring →
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