The Melt by Jason Diamond

The Melt by Jason Diamond

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Author Christopher Wallace on photography

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Jason Diamond
Oct 05, 2023
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When I heard the writer Christopher Wallace was working on a biography of the photographer Peter Beard, my first thought was, “Of course he is.” Wallace isn’t your typical biographer, and that’s what made him such a great fit for a complex figure like Beard, who was a mix of brilliant, gonzo, existentialist thinker, iconoclast, and asshole all rolled in…

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