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ARTISTS AT EVERY AGE

A look at creativity across the decades

PORTFOLIO BY DJENEBA ADUAYOM FOR TIME

HOW DOES AN ARTIST KEEP HER creative vision alive? It’s a concern not just for painters and poets who have been at work for decades; an artist’s vision can be tested at any point in life. For the nine people photographed in this portfolio by Djeneba Aduayom—from an 18-year-old poet to a 94-year-old actor—what keeps them at work is

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