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This is a photograph of Foo Tee Jun, a highly regarded and artistically distinguished photographer of salon photography. Foo Tee Jun was awarded the Cultural Medallion for Photography in 1989. Title devised by Library staff.
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- All Rights Reserved. Eric Foo Chee Meng 1979-2001.|Courtesy of National Arts Council.
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