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“Any idiot can face a crisis — it’s day-to-day living that wears you out.”<br />
It was an era of contradictions, juxtapositions,<br />
and astonishing transformation.<br />
Writing with Light<br />
It is noteworthy<br />
that, throughout<br />
The Three Sisters,<br />
Lieutenant Fedotik<br />
is rarely without<br />
his camera.<br />
by Gavin Witt, Production Dramaturg<br />
The shutterbug snapping candids has<br />
become a thoroughly modern figure, yet<br />
it is one with a long provenance. When<br />
<strong>Chekhov</strong> conceived and wrote his play, in<br />
those years around 1900, photography<br />
as a pastime and amateur enjoyment<br />
had exploded. Photography moved in a<br />
mere lifetime from the arcane specialty<br />
of scientists and professionals to the<br />
inescapable clutches of the hobbyists.<br />
Technical advances, cheap access, and<br />
successful marketing made cameras<br />
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