Alina Marin-Bliach says, "This body of work was inspired by the Latin phrase, Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, meaning, “Thus passes the glory of the world.”

With these images I am showing little splices of everyday life.

Traveling throughout New York City, on and off now for over three years, I have catalogued the candid moments and short stories that constantly surround us. Movement in some of the photographs is never fully detailed and becomes a blur just lingering within the frame. Only those who stop are truly focused and fully recorded in the photographs. For me, each tiny scene serves as a reminder that we need to slow down or life will be passing us by.

My family and I emigrated from communist Cuba when I was seven years old. At such a young age, I did not fully understand what was happening or why we were being driven out of our home and forced to leave so much behind. Coming to this country empty-handed and not speaking the language, I saw the day-to-day struggles that my parents encountered, and their perseverance through it all. Strongly influenced by my mother and father’s pride and their quest to better themselves, I always understood the importance of education. It was always a priority for our family, constantly stressed and expected.

I studied pharmacy and practiced for several years, but missing from my life was the fulfillment of my passion for photography. Years later, I obtained my MFA in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). I have been blessed to learn from some great mentors and teachers including Louis Draper, Jon Naar, Liz Darlington, Gary Saretzky, and Carl Weese to name just a few.

Through the years, I have received various awards and honors, have exhibited both nationally and internationally, been interviewed on Univision, and have self-published a few books. I have a passion for making photographs and also for teaching. I am currently pursuing a teaching position at the collegiate level."

CV

Professional Experience:

2017   Presenter, Oh, Snap! Philadelphia Photo Arts Center

2012 – Present   
Fine Art Photographer & Instructor, Alina Marin-Bliach Arts, Princeton Junction, NJ

2012 – Present           
Juror, Sights & Sounds Festival, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Westfield, NJ

2000 – Present           
Professional Photographer, Photoshop Tutorials, Private Workshop Instructor, Alina B Studios LLC,
West Windsor, NJ

2015                       
On-Line Teacher Assistant, Professor Lynn Wright, SCAD, Savannah, GA

2013   
Instructional Speaker, Horizon Photography Summit, Wilmington, DE      
  
Awards:

2017   
Finalist, Photographer’s Forum magazine, 37th Annual, Best of Photography 2017

2017   
Nominee, 12th Annual, Black & White Spider Awards

2017                       
Honorable Mention, The Earth Giveth, Charles Dodgson Black & White Awards

2013 – 2016           
SCAD, Multicultural Fellowship

2016                       
Third Place Art, Other, Moscow International Foto Awards

Honorable Mention, Family of Man, Old Age, Int’l Photography Awards

2015                       
Purchase Award, Mercer County Photography

2013                       
Best of Photography, Finalist Group, Photographer’s Forum magazine

Exhibition Record:

Solo:

2015                       
MFA Thesis Exhibition, A Voyage of Many, The Gallery MCCC, West Windsor, NJ

2011                       
Life at the Edge, The Room, Soho, NYC, NY

2007                       
From the Coast, Essex County College, Newark, NJ

Mary Tierra, Passaic County Cultural & Heritage Council, Passaic County College, Paterson, NJ

2006                       
The American Southwest, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ

Group:

2017                       
Abstract, Southeast Center of Photography, Greenville, SC

2017                       
Second Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA

2016                       
Generation Next, WWAC, Princeton Junction, NJ

2014                       
Silver & Ink, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA

2013                       
Art Along the Fence (Mural Project), Hoboken, NJ

2012                       
The Borges Cultural Center (Juried), Buenos Aires, Argentina

2011                       
Mercer County Photography 2011 (Juried), The Gallery MCCC, West Windsor, NJ

Selected Collections:

2015                       
Mercer County Governmental Offices, Trenton, NJ

2014                   
Metro Family Physicians Medical Group, San Diego, California

2012                       
Marlene Forte, actress, Los Angeles, California

2011                       
New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, Princeton Junction, NJ

2011                       
PPA Loan Collection

Publications:

2017                       
The Hand Magazine, Issue 18, October 2017

2015                       
A Voyage of Many, Thesis, Savannah College of Art and Design

2015                       
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, handmade limited edition folios

2009                       
Mar y Tierra, self-published

2004                       
Passage of Time, Limited Edition Artist Book, Mortar & Pestle Press

2003                       
The View West, Limited Edition Artist Book, Mortar & Pestle Press

Bibliography:

2015                       
Univision, Acá Entre Nos

www.univision.com/nueva-york/la-travesia-de-muchos-de-alina-marin-bliach-video

Miller, Lynn, Stories of Cuban Immigration at Mercer Photo Exhibit, W Windsor & Plainsboro News

www.wwpinfo.com/index.php/component/us1more/?Itemid=6&key=6-12-15-cuba

Town Topics, Photographs of Cuba at MCCC Gallery

www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2015/06/10/photographs-of-cuba-at-mccc-gallery/

Duffy, Tammy, Mercer Gallery to Feature Cuban-Born Photographer and MCCC, Alumna Alina Bliach,

Duffy’s Cultural Couture

www.tammyduffy.com/ARTFASHION/index.blog/2354704/mercer-gallery/

Humphrey, Wendy, Mercer Gallery to Feature Cuban-born Photographer, East Windsor Patch

patch.com/new-jersey/eastwindsor/mercer-gallery-feature-cuban-born-photographer-and-mccc-alumna-alina-bliach-june-13-24/

2012                       
Breezin with Bierman, TV interview by Adam Bierman, Princeton Community Television, Princeton, NJ
 www.vimeo.com/50994451

2011                       
Program Cover Photo, Aphrodite, Phillips Mills Photographic Exhibition

2007                       
Passaic County Community College, Mar y Tierra

www.pccc.edu/home/cultural-affairs/art-galleries/changing-exhibits/past-exhibits/mar-y-tierra

Professional Affiliations:

2016                       
College Art Association (CAA)

2015                       
American Photographic Artists (APA)

2015                       
Society for Photographic Education (SPE)

2007                       
American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)


www.alinabliach.com

J. Jason Lazarus says of his series, 'EMBLEM AND ARTIFICE: WITHERED SYMBOLS OF THE WAR 1945. "In a world ravaged by the Second World War, wounds ran deep.

Seemingly permanent, the trauma inflicted and lessons learned from this global conflict were etched into the minds of the millions who suffered its effect. The horrors, the heroism, the defeats and victories were all carved into the collective psyche of a generation.

Surrounded by reminders of this conflict, these brutal memories were similarly imprinted onto all manner of artifacts – from a fallen soldier’s uniform to the flag of an oppressive regime. Most potent of these were the symbols that had defined the conflict itself – those icons of fear and hope, oppression and resistance.

These rival concepts often existed within the same symbol, even though history has often chosen to remember only one perspective. Coupled with the memories of a world on fire, these symbols were emblazoned with the regrets and hopes of all.

Looking back 70 years later, that turbulent and strong-willed generation has nearly passed on – and with them their painful memories. Those once-formidable symbols representing the collective regrets of a generation have begun to wither – and we foolishly begin to follow in footsteps best left forgotten.

As much as history holds lessons for us to learn, its narrow perspective often defines regrets shallowly, failing to remember the depth of our mistakes. To appreciate a symbol of hope, we must first understand why people feared it – and to understand an insignia of hate, we must understand why it inspired.  No reflection is complete without understanding its source – and so with each emblem, there exists an artifice."

J. Jason Lazarus is an Alaska-based photographer and educator who creates narrative- driven photographic work utilizing a wide range of alternative and historical photographic processes.

Although he considers himself primarily a film photographer, Lazarus has been teaching both traditional darkroom and digital photography courses at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks since 2005.

Much of Lazarus’ creative process is rooted in creating unique, handmade photographic objects utilizing under-appreciated and often obscure photographic processes. Lazarus’ most recent photographic focus involves using Chemigrams, a cameraless photographic process, and expired, antique photo paper to create a deeply personal project involving oft-forgotten symbolism from the Second World War.

Lazarus also spends the lengthy, dimly-lit winter months in Alaska creating unique portraits of its fragile tundra, finding an uncanny beauty among its bleak northern latitudes.

CV:

2017 – Current – Term Professor of Photography, Darkroom & Digital Labs Manager — UAF – Communication & Journalism Department  
2005 – 2017 – Adjunct Professor, Photography — UAF – Art and Journalism Departments & Summer Sessions  [List Classes Taught]
2004 – 2017 – Computer Systems / Darkroom Lab & Studio / Equipment Manager — UAF – Journalism Department

Education:
2010-2014:  MFA in Photography – Summa Cum Laude – Academy of Art University, San Francisco, Ca.
1998-2003:  BA in Journalism – Photojournalism – University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Ak.

Exhibition Record:

2017                            
Oct-Nov:    Juried Exhibition, Fairy Tales & Nuclear Bombs, Lightbox Photographic, Astoria, Or.    Juror: Diane Fenster
Oct:    Juried Exhibition, 32nd Annual 64th Parallel, Bear Gallery, AK Center, Fairbanks, Ak.    Honorable Mention    Juror: Emily Nachison
Aug-Nov:    Solo Exhibition, Stories Fading Fast, UA Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Ak.    34 prints on display
June    Featured Artist, Mining History Association Annual Conference, Fairbanks, Ak.    14 prints on display
May - July:    Juried Exhibition, Landscapes 2017, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Co.    Juror: Lisa Volpe
February:    Group Invitational, FAA Members Show, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Ak.    1 print on display
Jan-Feb:    Juried Exhibition, Snow & Ice, Gallery 1650, Los Angeles, Ca.    2 prints on display
January:    Art Fair, PhotoLA with Gallery 1/1, Los Angeles, Ca    2 prints on display

2016                            
December:    Solo Exhibition, Stories Fading Fast, 625 Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.    34 prints on display
December:    Group Invitational, Au: The Northern Element, Well Street Art Co., Fairbanks, Ak.    1 print on display
Nov-Dec:    Group Exhibition, Emblem and Artifice, Gallery 1/1, Seattle, Wa.    8 prints on display
Fall-Spring '17:    Juried Exhibition, Rarefied Light, Statewide touring show in Anchorage, Fairbanks & Kenai, Ak.    Juror: Amy Arbus
Oct-Dec:    Solo Exhibition, Irene Carlson Photography Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, Ca.    24 prints on display
Oct-Nov:    Juried Exhibition, 31st Annual 64th Parallel, Bear Gallery, AK Center, Fairbanks, Ak.    3rd Place    Juror: Jovencio de la Paz
September:    Juried Exhibition, Remnants, Lightbox Photographic, Astoria, Or.    Jurors: Nadezda Nikolova & Kaden Kratzer
July 30:    Group Popup Exhibition, Studio Buckman for Gallery 1/1, Burbank, Ca.    1 print on display
Apr-Mar ’17:    Juried Exhibition, Pacific Northwest Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Or.    Juror: Katherine Ware
March-April:    Juried Exhibition, Light Sensitive, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Az.    Juror: Susan Burnstine

2015                            
August:    Juried Exhibition, Mother Earth, Lightbox Photographic, Astoria, Or.    Juror: Stu Levy
May-June:    Solo Exhibition, Stories Fading Fast, RealArt Gallery, DeRidder, La.    28 prints on display
April:    Solo Exhibition, Stories Fading Fast, Resurrect Art, Seward, Ak.    14 prints on display
Jan-Feb:    Group Invitational, Stories Fading Fast featured, Millikin University, Decatur, Il.    14 prints on display
January:    Solo Exhibition, Stories Fading Fast, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Ak.    28 prints on display

2014:                            
October:    Solo Exhibition, Stories Fading Fast, Kenai River Brewing Co., Soldotna, Ak.    14 prints on display
October:    Juried Exhibition, 29th Annual 64th Parallel, Bear Gallery, AK Center, Fairbanks, Ak.    Juror: Dennis Sipiorski
June:    Dual Exhibition, Stories Fading Fast featured, Well Street Art Co., Fairbanks, Ak.    28 prints on display
April:    Solo Exhibition, Stories Fading Fast, Fairbanks Community Museum, Fairbanks, Ak.    14 prints on display

2013:                            
November:    Juried Exhibition, 7th Annual Alt. Process Competition, SohoPhoto Gallery, New York, Ny.    Juror: Jill Enfield
May-June:    Juried Exhibition, AAU Spring Show 2013, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Ca.    Various Jurors
January:    Juried Exhibition, Enchantment 2012, Plates to Pixels Online Gallery, Portland, Or.    Juror: Blue Mitchell

2012:                            
Oct-Nov:    Group Exhibition, Living Light featured, Sipping Streams Team House, Fairbanks, Ak.    5 prints on display
October:    Juried Exhibition, 27th Annual 64th Parallel, Bear Gallery, AK Center, Fairbanks, Ak.    Juror: Michael Azgour
May-Aug:    Juried Exhibition, AAU Spring Show 2012, The Cannery, San Francisco, Ca.    Various Jurors
       
Mentorships, Residencies & Workshops:
                    
2016: Workshop: Photogenic Drawings with Wet Plate Collodion    Instructor: Nadezda Nikolova
2015: Residency: Selected Artist-in-Residence: Meg Hunt Residency Wrangell Mountains Center.    Location: McCarthy, Ak.
2014: Workshop: Mordancage, Chemigram & Chromo Printing    Instructor: Christina Z. Anderson
2013: Mentorship: Refining VDB Printing Process & Digital Negative Creation    Mentor: Christina Z. Anderson
2012: Workshop: Albumen Printing    Instructor: Jill Enfield
2011: Workshop: Collodion Printing Out Paper    Instructor: France Scully Oesterman.

Publications, Awards & Press:

— Fairy Tales & Nuclear Bombs, Lightbox Photographic Juried Exhibition Catalog, October 2017
— Honorable Mention in: Fairy Tales & Nuclear Bombs, Lightbox Photographic, Astoria, Or. October 2017
— 3rd place in: 31st Annual 64th Parallel Art Show, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Ak. October 2016.
— Remnants, Lightbox Photographic Juried Exhibition Catalog, September 2016.
— The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art Issue 12, April 2016.
— Portfolio Featured in Alternative Photographic Processes: Crafting Handmade Images by Brady Wilks, published by Focal Press. pgs. 186-188. 2015.
— Raising the dead: Photographer aims to catch Alaska mining relics before they fade… Alaska Dispatch News --  2015.
— Fairbanks photographer seeks old mines: Abandoned digs hold stories. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AP Story)  – 2013.
— Enchantment 2012, Plates to Pixels Juried Exhibition Catalog.


www.obscura-works.com

Process: Using Kodabromide Paper that expired August 1, 1945 – five days before the Hiroshima Bomb – the paper is coated with a resist and the design cut into the resist.  Exposed to light, the paper is then alternated between developer and fixer (one print starts in the developer while the other starts in the fixer, and then alternated), allowing the chemistry to eat away the resist, exposing the paper to the chemistry. This action creates rust-like, decaying patterns of alternating exposed and undeveloped (yet “fixed”) areas.  Once the entire resist is washed off, the print is fixed completely and washed.

Maureen Delaney says, "Lumen Landscapes is a series of photograms of the landscape made by the landscape.

Using smaller plant materials found in nature I construct large abstract landscape vistas. This dramatic shift in perspective and scale challenges the viewer’s preconceived notion of what defines landscape photography.

At the root of this series is a childlike sense of curiosity and creation. I have a young son who is absorbing all that life has to offer and his unbridled curiosity is something I truly admire and try to emulate.

Curiosity and exploration are carried through at every stage of creating these images, from gathering source materials found in nature while exploring with my son, to assembling them into abstract landscape scenes, to exposing in the sun for hours, and finally to fixing them as the colors continually shift.

While I have a previsualized idea of what I want the scene to look like, I never really know what the final print will reveal. This childlike excitement of experiencing something for the first time drives my curiosity to create more images. In the process of reimagining plant materials to create my own unique vision of an abstract landscape scene, I find myself acting as part sculptor, part painter, and part photographer.

Lumen printing is a form of photogram printing where a uniquely beautiful color print can be made from exposing materials in direct contact with black-and-white photographic paper under UV light such as the sun. “Lumen” is understood as the projection of light radiating from one ominous source (i.e., sunlight, or UV light).

These original prints are one-of-a-kind, printed-out, silver-gelatin prints. Printed-out simply means the development stage occurs during exposure, and the only subsequent step is fixing the image in a fixer solution, thus keeping materials and process steps to a minimum."

Maureen Delaney is an artist and educator living in Portland, Oregon. Her specialty within the field of photography is in alternative and experimental processes, as she loves to get her hands dirty during the creative process.

A current theme running throughout Maureen’s work is her interest in nature and the human connection to our landscape. The tactility of working with alternative techniques supports the deep connection she feels with nature.

Maureen received her BA in Psychology from Brown University and later attended the Academy of Art University earning an MFA in Photography, summa cum laude. After teaching coursework onsite in San Francisco at two local colleges Maureen moved with her family to Portland, Oregon. She currently teaches online alternative process classes in the undergraduate and graduate programs at The Academy of Art University. Her patient and nurturing approach to teaching fosters a safe and creative learning environment for students of all age levels and abilities.


CV: 

Professional Experience:

2007 - Present      Photography Instructor, Academy of Art University (online), San Francisco, CA

2007 - Present      Online Course Development, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2008                      Faculty Observation Program, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2007 - 2008          Photography Instructor, Academy of Art University (onsite), San Francisco, CA

2007                      Temporary Digital Manager, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA

2006 – 2008          Photography Instructor, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA 

2005 – 2008          Workshop Instructor, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA

2005 – 2006          MFA Photo Student Rep., Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

Digital Assistant, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA

2004                      Facilitator, Rising Juniors Program, West Chester, PA

2002 – Present    Owner of Chimera Photography, Haverford, PA

2003 – 2004          Gallery Representation, Agora Gallery, Soho, NY

Consultant on Business Startup, Henley’s, Malvern, PA

2002 – 2004          Ropes Course Instructor, The Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA

2002 – 2003          Internship, Future Media Concepts, Philadelphia, PA

Classes taught at the undergraduate and graduate level include Fundamentals of Photography, Intro to Digital Photography, Digital Photography for Artists, Color Photography, Beginner Black and White Photography, Advanced Black and White Photography, Intro to Photoshop, Advanced Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Digital Printing, Alternative Processes, Experimental Photography, Experimental Contemporary Photography, Visualization, Photo Design and Concept, Concept Project, Directed Study Fine Art, Directed Study Alternative Practices, and One-on-One Directed Studies.

Selected Exhibitions:

2016 Altered Narratives: The City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC

Lumen: A. Smith Gallery, ohnson City, TX

Light Sensitive: Art Intersection Gallery, Gilbert, AZ

MAC Member Show: MAC Reading Room, Portland, OR

2015 In-Print Is: Online and Catalog Honorable Mention selection, Syndey, Australia

PDX40: LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR

MAC Member Show: MAC Reading Room, Portland, OR

Light Sensitive: Art Intersection Gallery, Gilbert, AZ

Jonah Calinawan, Maureen Delaney, Jason Lazarus - Photography: Perkinson Art Gallery at Millikin University, Decatur, IL

Landscape: Plates to Pixels, Online

2014  Altered Views: LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR

2012  Sumi-E Meditations, Solo Show: Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR

2010    Diffusion Gala & Art Exhibit: Springbox Gallery, Portland, OR

Platinum Print Festival & Alt. Processes: LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR

Tilt Shift America: Benjamin Benjamin Gallery, Portland, OR

Alternative Processes, a Traveling Exhibition: Texas Photographic Society, Traveling TX

Plastic Fantastic: LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR

2009 5th Annual Alternative Processes Competition: Soho Photo , New York, NY

Alternative Processes, a Traveling Exhibition: Texas Photographic Society, Traveling TX        

2007  Academy of Art Alumni Photo Exhibit: Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

Natural Elements, Earth: Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

Visual Edge 2007 Handcrafted: Viewpoint Photographic Art Center , Sacramento, CA2006 

Winter Selection: RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA

ArtSpan Open Studios: Academy of Art University , San Francisco, CA

Awards:

2015  In-Print Is: Online and Catalog Honorable Mention selection, Syndey, Australia

2005  Academy of Art Spring Show, Honorable Mention

Apollo Gallery Digital Winner

Commissions:

2018  Claire and Ben Speidel (large scale lumen print), Sherwood, OR

2003  J.G. Wentworth, office artwork commission, Villanova, PA

Bibliography:

2018  “Sunrise: Lumen Print,” and “Three Mountains: Lumen Print,” Diffusion Magazine, 2018.

2015    2015  “Cove: Lumen Print,” In-Print Is, Dawn Fahey (Editor)

2014    2014  “Aurora Borealis: Lumen Print,” The Hand Magazine, October.

2012  “Self-Portrait 043D” CD cover for A Collective Subconscious

2012  Rachel Hubbard, “Maureen Delaney Interview: Natural Elements,” Academy of Art PH626: Self As Subject.

2011 “Sumi-E,” The Nature of Trees,

2010 Aline Smithson, “Artist Profile: Natural Elements,” Diffusion Magazine, July.

2008          “Self-Portrait 029A: Platinum/Palladium Print,” Alternative Processes: A traveling exhibition, Christopher James

2006 Lon Clark, “The Immutable and Mutable Visual Concept,” Academy of Art,

Language of Vision, Module 14, Session 8-16.

2003  Casey Brandt, “Tripping the Light Fantastic: The Annual Fine Art Photography Exhibition,” Agora Gallery Exhibition Review, September.

Lawrence Downes, “The Future of Photography Illuminates Agora Gallery,”Gallery And Studio: The World of the Working Artist, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Stephanie Kahn, “Pretty as a Picture, Local Photographer Turns Art Into a Business,” Daily Local News, April 28.    

Photography Publications:

2015  “Cove: Lumen Print,” and Artist Statement Profile,  In-Print Is, Dawn Fahey (Editor)

2010    Aline Smithson, “Artist Profile: Natural Elements,” Diffusion Magazine, July issue.

2003    Photo Advertisement, Henley’s Boutique for Cats and Dogs, Philadelphia Magazine, December Issue.

Visiting Artist Lectures:

2007    Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, Artist Lecture.

2006    Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, Developing a Body of Work.

 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, Thesis Development and Preparation.

2005    Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, Creating Digital Negatives for Historic Processes.

Technical Abilities:

2009 Studied Wet-plate Collodion with specialist Michael Shindler.

2006 Studied Photo/Polymergravure with specialist Jane Grossenbacher.

Studied Platinum/Palladium printing with specialist Gregory Leupp.

-Experienced in traditional black and white printing, traditional color printing, historic processes, alternative contemporary processes, mixed media and printmaking techniques.

-Extensive experience with Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Image Ready, After Effects, Premiere, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, Quark, Apple DVD Studio Pro and Final Cut Pro.

-Advanced knowledge in digital scanning off the Imacon 848 Flextight scanner and the Nikon 4000, 5000 and 8000 Cool Scan film scanners, and

-Advanced knowledge in digital printing off the Canon ipf9000 printer and the Epson 4000, 4880, 7890, R2400 and 9600 printers.


www.maureendelaney.org

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