Artist Spotlight Favorite Photographs of the Year 2011

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 Artist Spotlight: Favorite Photographs of the Year
 Christopher Harrity
          
          Dec 26, 2011
          
        
Christopher Harrity
Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
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