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ABOUT THE ESSAY
North Texas StripOn Places, a slideshow by Leigh Merrill, whose photographs of the Dallas strip depict places that look familiar but are in fact digital fabrications — a kind of Texas tall tale.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Leigh Merrill is an artist based in Dallas; her photographs incorporate fantasy and reality, calling into question ideas of beauty, class and romanticism in our urban environments.More Bio >>
