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Dwarves, giants, conjoined twins, hairy people, albinos, humans with animal heads--SPECIAL CASES explores humanity's age-old obsession with monstrosity. Using photographs and artwork from numerous private and public collections, celebrated photographer Rosamond Purcell delves into the flip... read more

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In selecting examples for this collection of monstrous collections, it seemed best-as usual-to work across the centuries.

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  1. Rosamond Wolff Purcell (Author)

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