Harvey Wang Research Paper

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When Harvey Wang grew up not many people had cameras so he was considered to bet he guy with the camera taking pictures and documenting life around him. Harvey Wang’s New York was published in 1990 which was portraits of self portraits and then a book called Flophouse Life on the Bowery which was profiles of men living in last remnants from skidrow New York. After that came his first digital camera piece. He thought it was cool because after taking these digital pictures he was able to go play with the on his computer but didn’t have meaning to him because he missed shooting film and making prints in the dark room. Photographer Sally Mann can agree that “There is nothing like it. Now I've done a fair amount of computer work and there is nothing

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