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    • Barbara Kasten reviews work at her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten reviews work at her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten reviews work at her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten dons gloves to handle her photographs, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten unpacks her very first photograph made in 1975, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten with her first photograph, "Photogenic Painting, Untitled 75/7" (1975), Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten preparing for a photograph in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten adjusting the light for a photograph, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten adjusting the light for a photograph, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten testing the light for a photograph, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten's camera in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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    • Barbara Kasten at work in her studio, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
      2016

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      2016

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    • Viewers at Barbara Kasten's solo exhibition "SET MOTION," Bortolami, New York
      2015

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    • Barbara Kasten with viewers at her solo exhibition "SET MOTION," Bortolami, New York
      2015

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    • Installation view of Barbara Kasten's first major survey exhibition, "Stages," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
      2015

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    • Barbara Kasten works with her studio manager Kate Bowen to install a video, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
      2015

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    • Barbara Kasten's studio manager Kate Bowen adjusts a video for installation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
      2015

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      2015

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