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One: Sons and Daughters
Tuesday, November 28, 2006; 3:27 a.m.
(Image credit: (One: Sons & Daughters, Edward Mapplethorpe)In his new book, One: Sons & Daughters, photographer Edward Mapplethorpe elegantly captures this universal, human ephemera using one of the)

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One: Sons & Daughters (powerHouse Books)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.