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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter April 24, 2017
Rebecca Donelson, Lisa and Steven High, Bob Blattberg
Jill Greenfield Feldman, Bill and Joni Greenfield
Tony Bannon, David Burnett, Bruce Rodgers
Tom Carabasi, Miles Goscha
Ethan Early, Sally Pettibon, Miles Goscha
The Rev. Kenny and Karen Irby, Bill Speer
Abigail Nilsson, Rebecca Morrello
Howard Millman, Carolyn Michel
Art and Marcella Levin, Elizabeth Stewart
Chris Caswell, Jay Handelman
Alyssia Lazin-Kapic, Pavel Kapic
Tom Carabasi, David Burnett
Jeanette Malachowski, Jenny Duffey, Will Lorry
Jay and Marlo Turner
Rebecca Donelson, Dan Denton, Karen Solem, Joy Norwood
Michael Kalman, Janet Minker, Elliott Himelfarb, Elizabeth Siegried
Barbara Banks, Billy Elkins
Jeff Schwartz, Carol Camiener
Robert Pledge, Lisa Rubinstein
Tom and Sherry Koski (Chairs of the Event)
Stan Writesel, Alan Gravley
Susan Brainerd, Flory Roberts, Gerri Aaron, Diane Lager
The evening included a keynote address by Dr. Tony Bannon, former director of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.
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