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Photo Finish: New Exhibition Celebrates Sports Photography

Photo Finish: New Exhibition Celebrates Sports Photography

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Photo Finish: New Exhibition Celebrates Sports Photography

Photo Finish: New Exhibition Celebrates Sports Photography

We’re surrounded by sports images — on TV, online, in magazines. Yet one place you rarely find a shot like this is on a museum wall. The Brooklyn Museum is changing that.

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