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Marion Palfi

lthough Marion Palfi’s photographs elicit comparison to works by her peers, such as Berenice Abbott, a friend of Palfi’s in the Photo League in New York, or Dorothea Lange, another photographer employed by the Farm Security Administration, Palfi’s commitment to documenting injustice set her apart. “She would implant herself in communities, almost like an anthropologist,” says Audrey Sands, who curated the exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum. Palfi’s career

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