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The Performance of Possibilities

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A critical essay on the images of the Kanaval celebration in Jacmel, Haiti by Leah Gordon.

Ā ā€œLeah Gordon and the Performance of Possibilitiesā€ in the Karnival Images of Leah Gordon.

 

Dr Myron Beasley
Photographs by leahgordon.co.uk

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