Plato's dogs /

"For over two years, photographer Thomas Roma mounted his camera on an 8 foot pole and projected it out and over the dogs at a dusty Brooklyn dog run in order to photograph their shadows. Plato's Dogs is simultaneously foreign and familiar in its depiction of its subjects. On one hand, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Roma, Thomas (Photographer), Roma, Giancarlo T., 1991- (contibutor.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY : powerHouse Books, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
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