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703:"'Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964' at the de Young"
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318:. Text by Michale Tournier. Fotofactory, 1999.
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340:. Photographs by Arthur Tress, Poems by
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301:. Photographs and text by Arthur Tress.
159:in Coney Island. He studied painting at
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171:in 1962. After graduation he moved to
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817:"Arthur Tress – San Francisco 1964"
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105:and exposition of the human body.
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356:by James Ganz. Prestel USA, 2012.
253:Arthur Tress: The Dream Collector
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409:Bibliothèque nationale de France
492:. Lund: Nordic Academic Press.
354:Arthur Tress San Francisco 1964
371:, 2014. Edition of 150 copies.
332:Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage
271:Shadow. A Novel in Photographs
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758:Carlson, Jen (11 June 2014).
165:Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
101:. He is known for his staged
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109:Early life and education
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