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280:, with two years of research at the George Eastman Museum (his degree was awarded in 1975). He became the Acting Curator of Photography at the National Gallery and began the photography collection in 1967. He was appointed the full-time Curator of Photographs in 1971, a position from which he retired as Curator Emeritus in 1994. He also served as chairman of a history of photography seminar, Arles, France (1977) and as the Adjunct Professor photography
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