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'' self-portrait '' , 1905 23 november 1966 rhos-on-sea , colwyn bay , wales boston , massachusetts american photography 11 june 1882 alvin langdon coburn self-portrait , 1905.jpg alvin langdon coburn
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alvin langdon coburn

alvin langdon coburn -lrb- june 11 , 1882 -- november 23 , 1966 -rrb- was an early 20th-century photographer who became a key figure in the development of american pictorialism .
he became the first major photographer to emphasize the visual potential of elevated viewpoints and later made some of the first completely abstract photographs .
