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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    LA shapes artistic vision of photographer Catherine Opie

    Catherine Opie has photographed freeway overpasses, Beverly Hills homes, surfers, mini malls, and the lesbian subculture. Her work seems to always be one step ahead of the public discourse on gender, identity and body politics. Catherine Opie, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 3, 2017 • 1 min read

    Catherine Opie has photographed freeway overpasses, Beverly Hills homes, surfers, mini malls, and the lesbian subculture. Her work seems to always be one step ahead of the public discourse on gender, identity and body politics.

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    1. 0:00Neil deGrasse Tyson on why humans should really go to Mars
    2. 14:09LA shapes artistic vision of photographer Catherine OpieYou’re reading this
    3. 28:31What Rosa Parks' pancakes reveal about African culinary history
    4. 37:29The making of country music legend Glen Campbell's final album
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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Humans on Mars and Rosa Parks' pancakes
    1. 0:00Neil deGrasse Tyson on why humans should really go to Mars
    2. 14:09LA shapes artistic vision of photographer Catherine OpieYou’re reading this
    3. 28:31What Rosa Parks' pancakes reveal about African culinary history
    4. 37:29The making of country music legend Glen Campbell's final album
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