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Person Place Thing
Person Place Thing

Photographer Mitchell Epstein

By Randy Cohen
Published June 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM EDT
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Photographer Mitchell Epstein has worked everywhere from Hanoi to Berlin to America’s old-growth forests. “As a photographer, it’s only in getting lost that you move forward,” he says. This piece was produced with the National Academy of Design and features music by Stephanie Jenkins. Person: Mikio Shinigawa. Place: Hanoi, 1994. Thing: a hydrangea.

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