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Dachau, 1985
Sylvia Plachy
1985
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Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy immigrated to the United States in 1958. She is best known for her photographs in the Village Voice. Plachy’s solo shows include exhibitions at the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, and venues in Canada, Europe, and China. Plachy’s award-winning books include Unguided Tour (1990); Red Light, a photographic essay on the sex industry (1996); and Self Portrait with Cows Going Home, a personal history of Eastern Europe (2004). In 2004, Plachy received the Women in Photography International Distinguished Photographer Award.
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Dost thou sleep, my brother Abel,
That thou art so wonderfully fair?
Never have I seen thee
As beautiful before.
Does the beauty lie in my ax,
Or is it, perhaps, in thee?
Before the day is done,
Spe…