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Casa Susanna

A collection of photos of a late 1950s early 1960s upstate New York retreat rescued by Robert Swope from a fleamarket. Edited by Michael Hurst and Robert Swope and published by powerHouse Books

Here are photos documenting everyday women, going about their everyday lives - except that these women were men who probably lived as truck drivers, accountants, or bank presidents during the week ... Everywhere [in the photos] there is a sense of community, a tenderness, a playfulness, and more often than not a frank gaze into the camera as if to assert 'Yes, this is who I am. I'm just like you.' more...

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