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Stalin said artists are the engineers of human souls. I wanted to show what happens to the soul when the engineers get through with it.
Antonin Kratochvil / Photojournalist
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Stalin said artists are the engineers of human souls. I wanted to show what happens to the soul when the engineers get through with it.
⇛ Antonin Kratochvil (Photojournalist)

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Antonin Kratochvil Photojournalist

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Antonin Kratochvil Photojournalist

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