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"Never a dull moment . . . Vivid and deft." -- New York Review of Books

World-famous photographer Maude Coffin Pratt has pointed her lens at the beautiful, obscure, and obscene, and at the private places and public parts of the famous, from Gertrude Stein to Graham Greene. When the seventy-year-old Maude rummages through her archives in preparation... Read Full Overview

When an ambitious young archivist moves in to prepare a retrospective, flamboyant septuagenarian photographer Maude Coffin Pratt unleases a flood of supressed memories from her extraordinary life. Absolutely brilliant--The New York Times.

"Never a dull moment . . . Vivid and deft." -- New York Review of BooksMaude Pratt is a legend, a photographer famous for her cutting-edge techniques and uncanny ability to strip away the masks of the world's most recognizable celebrities and luminaries. Now in her seventies,... Read Full Overview

"Never a dull moment . . . Vivid and deft." -- New York Review of BooksMaude Pratt is a legend, a photographer famous for her cutting-edge techniques and uncanny ability to strip away the masks of the world's most recognizable celebrities and luminaries. Now in her seventies,... Read Full Overview