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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.

 “Leah Gordon and the Performance of Possibilities” in the Karnival Images of Leah Gordon.

 

Dr Myron Beasley
Photographs by leahgordon.co.uk

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