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  • Sunil Gupta : Tate Photography Series 3:2 | Out Now

    Sunil Gupta : Tate Photography Series 3:2 | Out Now

    April 28, 2025
    The Tate Photography book by Dr Jasmine Kaur Chohan showcasing the career of Sunil Gupta is out now. The Tate Photography Series is a celebration...
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  • Cover of Calling the Shots: A Queer History of Photography

    Sunil Gupta, Tessa Boffin and Rotimi Fani-Kayode | Calling the Shots: A Queer History of Photography | V&A and Thames & Hudson

    December 3, 2024
    Sunil Gupta, Tessa Boffin and Rotimi Fani-Kayode are included in Calling the Shots: A Queer History of Photography, published by V&A and Thames and Hudson,...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Elderly, 1986

    Sunil Gupta | The 80s: Photographing Britain | Tate Britain

    November 21, 2024
    Hales is excited to announce that Sunil Gupta is currently participating in The 80s: Photographing Britain at Tate Britain, London, UK, through 5 May 2025....
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  • Cover of I call you my love

    Sunil Gupta | I call you my love | Baron Books

    November 16, 2024
    Sunil Gupta's new publication with Baron Books, I call you my love, is now available to pre-order. I call you my love contains an extended,...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled #22 from the series Christopher Street, 1976

    Sunil Gupta | The 70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography | National Gallery of Art, Washington

    October 6, 2024
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in The 70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC,...
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  • Sunil Gupta, India Gate, 1987

    Sunil Gupta | The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998 | Barbican Art Gallery

    October 5, 2024
    Hales is thrilled to annouce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998 at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK,...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Family, 1986/2021

    The Sharjah Art Foundation have acquired works by Sunil Gupta

    September 2, 2024
    Hales is delighted to announce that the Sharjah Art Foundation have acquired works from Sunil Gupta's 1986 series, Reflections of the Black Experience. Over a...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Jangpura, 1987

    Museum Folkwang acquires works by Sunil Gupta

    August 5, 2024
    Hales is excited to announce that Sunil Gupta’s works from the 1987 series Exiles are now in the Museum Folkwang’s collection. Over a career spanning...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #8 from the series The New Pre-Raphaelites, 2008/2023

    Contemporary Art Society acquire works by Sunil Gupta

    July 30, 2024
    Hales is thrilled to announce that Contemporary Art Society, UK has acquired two works from Gupta's 2008 series The New Pre-Raphaelites. The works have been...
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  • Sunil Gupta | Sunil Gupta: The New Pre-Raphaelites | Wyndham Art Gallery

    Sunil Gupta | Sunil Gupta: The New Pre-Raphaelites | Wyndham Art Gallery

    January 17, 2024
    Hales is excited to announce Sunil Gupta: The New Pre-Raphaelites is now on view at Wyndham Art Gallery, as a part of Queer Photo through...
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  • Chitra Ganesh, She the Question, The Colours of grief, 2012

    Sunil Gupta and Chitra Ganesh | The World that Belongs to Us | The New Art Gallery Walsall

    November 24, 2023
    Hales is delighted to announce the inlcusion of Sunil Gupta and Chitra Ganesh in The World that Belongs to Us , at The New Art...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Sunil and his Parents (Ram & Penny), c. 1974/2018

    Sunil Gupta | Real Families: Stories of Change | Fitzwilliam Museum

    October 6, 2023
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in Real Families: Stories of Change at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK, through 7 January...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #13 from the series The New Pre-Raphaelites, 2008/2023

    Sunil Gupta | Reimag(in)ing the Victorians | Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham

    September 23, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in Reimag(in)ing the Victorians at the Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham through 7 January 2024. From taxidermy...
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  • Cover of Sunil Gupta: Come Out

    Sunil Gupta | Come Out | Stanley Barker

    September 14, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce the publication of Come Out by Sunil Gupta, published by Stanley Barker. The book is available to order now. When...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Babe, 1999

    Sunil Gupta | Wink Wink | The Whitaker Art Gallery & Museum

    May 19, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in WINK WINK at The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, through 23rd July 2023. WINK...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #2 from the series The New Pre-Raphaelites, 2008/2021

    Sunil Gupta | The Rossettis | Tate Britain

    April 6, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in The Rossettis at Tate Britain, through 24 September 2023. Sunil Gupta's work Untitled #2...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #1 from the series 'Pretended' Family Relationships, 1988

    Sunil Gupta | Finding Family | The Foundling Museum

    March 17, 2023
    Hales is proud to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in Finding Family at The Foundling Museum, UK, through 27 August 2023. Finding Family questions...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #5 from the series The New Pre-Raphaelites, 2008

    Sunil Gupta | Queer Love: Affection and Romance in Contemporary Art | Lehman College Art Gallery

    February 14, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in Queer Love: Affection and Romance in Contemporary Art at the Lehman College Art Gallery,...
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  • Chitra Ganesh, Sultana's Dream (Baby Queen), 2018

    Chitra Ganesh and Sunil Gupta | Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular | Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

    February 7, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Chitra Ganesh and Sunil Gupta in Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular at the Kiran...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta Untitled #9 from the series 'Pretended' Family Relationships, 1988/2021

    Sunil Gupta | This is Britain: Photographs from the 1970s and 1980s | The National Gallery of Art

    January 31, 2023
    Hales is thrilled to announce the participation of Sunil Gupta in This is Britain: Photographs from the 1970s and 1980s at the National Gallery of...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Towards An Indian Gay Image – Qutb Minar 2, 1983/2022

    Sunil Gupta | In Conversation with Chris Boot | The Common Place, London

    October 19, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce that Sunil Gupta will be in conversation with curator and author Chris Boot to celebrate the launch of We Were...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Lake Pichola, Udaipur, 1983

    Metropolitan Museum of Art acquires works by Sunil Gupta

    September 29, 2022
    Hales is thrilled to announce the Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired photographs from Sunil Gupta's 1983 series Towards an Indian Gay Image. Over a...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #02 Saleem Kidwai and me, Qutub Minar, Delhi, 1982

    Sunil Gupta | We Were Here: Sexuality, Photography, and Cultural Difference: Selected essays by Sunil Gupta

    September 22, 2022
    Hales are delighted to announce Sunil Gupta's new publication We Were Here: Sexuality, Photography, and Cultural Difference: Selected essays by Sunil Gupta is now available...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #50 from the series Christopher Street, 1976

    Victoria and Albert Museum acquires works by Sunil Gupta

    September 1, 2022
    Hales is delighted that the V&A has acquired multiple works from Sunil Gupta's Christopher Street series. The celebrated Christopher Street series (1976/2019) mark the first...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, 'Untitled #9' from the series 'Trespass 3', 1995

    Sunil Gupta | Southend's Twilight World's | TOMA Project Space, Southend on Sea

    July 16, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce the participation of Sunil Gupta in Southend's Twilight Worlds at TOMA Project Space, Southend-on-Sea, until 8 October 2022. The exhibition...
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  • SunilGupta, Songs of Deliverance Part I, 2022, Installation view at St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Commissioned by Studio Voltaire and Imperial Health Charity, Photo: Zoë Maxwell

    Sunil Gupta | Songs of Deliverance | Hammersmith Hospital

    July 12, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce that Sunil Gupta's major commission, Songs of Deliverance , exploring LGBTQIA+ healthcare, is touring to Hammersmith Hospital and is on...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #4 from the series 'Pretended' Family Relationships, 1988

    Museum of London acquires works by Sunil Gupta

    June 28, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce the Museum of London has acquired 'Pretended' Family Relationships , by critically acclaimed photographer and queer activist Sunil Gupta. The...
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  • Sunil Gupta, 14/03/2021 11:29:56, 2021

    Sunil Gupta | London Open 2022 | Whitechapel Gallery

    June 24, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce the participation of Sunil Gupta in the London Open 2022 at Whitechapel Gallery until 4 September 2022. What makes London's...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Still from London Gay Switchboard, 1980

    Sunil Gupta | BEND IT | Atelier Nord

    June 9, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in BEND IT and Atelier Nord, Oslo, until 26 June 2022. BEND IT is a...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, blood / fort, 1999

    Sunil Gupta | Me, Myself, I: Artists’ Self-Portraits | RWA, Bristol

    May 2, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in Me, Myself, I: Artists' Self Portraits , opening on 2 May 2022 at the...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #22, from the series Christopher Street, New York 1976, 1976

    Sunil Gupta | From Here to Eternity: A Retrospective | Ryerson Image Centre

    April 6, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce From Here to Eternity , a major retrospective exhibition of works by Sunil Gupta opens today at the Ryerson Image...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled (from Songs of Deliverance), 2022

    Sunil Gupta | Studio Voltaire Commission, Songs of Deliverance

    March 25, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce Sunil Gupta's Studio Voltaire commission will be on view from 24 March 2022 displayed across two London hospitals. For this...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #7 from the series 'Pretended' Family Relationships, 1988

    Sunil Gupta | Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part | Museum of Contemporary Photography

    March 5, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in the group exhibition Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part at the...
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  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Every Moment Counts (Ecstatic Antibodies), 1987-1988

    Sunil Gupta & Rotimi Fani-Kayode | Every Moment Counts – AIDS and its Feelings | Henie Onstad

    February 17, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta and Rotimi Fani-Kayode in, Every Moment Counts - AIDS and its Feelings , on view...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled #2, 1990/2022

    Sunil Gupta | Muse | The Royal Over-Seas League

    February 16, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in the exhibition, Muse , at The Royal Over-Seas League. Muse is a curated group...
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  • Cover of Sunil Gupta, London 82

    New Publication & Book Signing | Sunil Gupta | London 82

    December 4, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce that Sunil Gupta will be signing copies of his most recent publication London 82 at The Photographers Gallery Bookshop. In...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled #13 from the series The New Pre-Raphaelites, 2008

    Sunil Gupta | Mercury Rising – Inter* Hermstory[ies] Now and Then | Schwules Museum

    October 15, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in the group exhibition Mercury Rising – Inter* Hermstory[ies] Now and Then in Schwules Museum,...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Shalini, Rudi, Sunil, Léo, 3425 Stanley, c. 1974/2021

    Contemporary Art Society acquire works by Sunil Gupta

    October 14, 2021
    Hales is excited to announce that the Contemporary Art Society have acquired two works by Sunil Gupta during this year’s Collections Fund at Frieze. Sunil...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled 11 from the series The New pre Raphaelites. 2008

    Sunil Gupta | The New Pre-Raphaelites | The Holburne Museum

    September 20, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce Sunil Gupta’s solo exhibition, The New Pre-Raphaelites at the Holburne Museum, Bath which opens on 24 September and runs through...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Priya, Savitri Cinema, 2007/2021

    Sunil Gupta in Conversation | Hawala | Paradise Row

    September 14, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in the group show Hawala on view at Paradise Row, Mayfair. Gupta will also take...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Babe, 1999 / 2015

    Gray Wielebinski & Sunil Gupta | By Any Means | V.O Curations

    July 15, 2021
    By Any Means is a group exhibition curated by former V.O artist in residence, Gray Wielebinski and features work by Sunil Gupta. Considering an expanded...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled #52 from the series London 1982, 1982/2020

    Government Art Collection, Art X-UK acquires work by Sunil Gupta

    July 10, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce that the Government Art Collection, UK have acquired works from Gupta’s series, London 1982. Made shortly after he relocated to...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled #22 from the series Christopher Street, 1976

    Sunil Gupta | Masculinities: Liberation through Photography | Rencontres d’Arles

    July 5, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in the group exhibition, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography . Recently exhibited at the Barbican Centre,...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled #5 from the series 'Pretended' Family Relationships, 1988

    Sunil Gupta | Sweat | Haus der Kunst

    June 5, 2021
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in the group exhibition Sweat at Haus der Kunst, Germany. This exhibition “Sweat ” is...
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  • Shortlisted titles for the 2021 Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Image Book Awards © David Tett Photography

    Sunil Gupta | Winner of Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Image Book Award

    May 18, 2021
    Hales is excited to announce that Sunil Gupta's Book, ‘From Here to Eternity’, has been chosen as the joint winner, alongside Maria Kapajeva’s ‘Dream is...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled, Humayun's Tomb, 1982

    Sunil Gupta Workshop | New Contemporaries

    February 18, 2021
    Hales is excited to announce Sunil Gupta will be taking part in a practical workshop as part of the New Contemporaries Archives & Identities online...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta Humayun's Tomb, 2004/2019

    Sunil Gupta in conversation | The Royal Photographic Society

    February 10, 2021
    Hales is proud to announce that Sunil Gupta will be in conversation with Clare Grafik, Head of Exhibitions at The Photographers' Gallery as part of...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, From the tape–slide project London Gay Switchboard, 1980. 35mm slides transferred to digital media for ‘Keywords’, INIVA/Tate Liverpool, 2013-14.

    Sunil Gupta Artist Residency | Studio Voltaire | Desperate Living

    February 1, 2021
    Hales is pleased to announce that Sunil Gupta will embark on a twelve–month residency in 2021, set within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s adult HIV...
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  • Sunil Gupta book cover

    New Publication | Sunil Gupta: From Here to Eternity

    October 29, 2020
    Hales is pleased to announce a new publication by Sunil Gupta. From Here to Eternity was published by Autograph and edited by Mark Sealy in...
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  • Sunil Gupta in his studio, 2020

    Sunil Gupta awarded Honorary Fellowship from The Royal Photographic Society

    October 22, 2020
    Hales is proud to announce that Sunil Gupta has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by The Royal Photographic Society. Now in its 142nd year, the...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Diepiriye, Malviya Nagar, 2007, Archival inkjet print, Image: 48.3 x 48.3 cm, 19 x 19 in, Paper: 61 x 50.8 cm, 24 x 20 in

    Sunil Gupta | From Here To Eternity | The Photographers Gallery

    September 24, 2020
    Hales is proud to announce From Here To Eternity, a major retrospective exhibition of works by Sunil Gupta, opening in Autumn 2020 at The Photographers...
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled #22 from the series Christopher Street, 1976, Silver gelatin print, 60.7 x 91.7 cm, 23 7/8 x 36 1/8 in, Framed: 62.9 x 93.7 cm, 24 3/4 x 36 7/8 in, Edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof

    Sunil Gupta | Masculinities: Liberation through Photography | Barbican

    January 6, 2020
    Hales is pleased to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in Masculinities: Liberation through Photography , a major exhibition showcasing liberation, through film and photography....
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta, Untitled #36 from the series Christopher Street, 1976, Silver gelatin print, Print: 91.5 x 61.4 cm, 36 1/8 x 24 1/8 in, Framed: 93.7 x 63.5 cm, 36 7/8 x 25 in

    Sunil Gupta | Art After Stonewall, 1969-1989 | Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum

    September 12, 2019
    Hales is pleased to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in the exhibtion Art After Stonewall, 1969-1989, at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum....
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  • Detail of Sunil Gupta Untitled #11, 2008, Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, Image: 101.6 x 66 cm, 40 x 26 in, Paper: 106.7 x 71.1 cm, 42 x 28 in

    Sunil Gupta | Spectrosynthesis II, Exposure of Tolerance | Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

    September 10, 2019
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in the exhibiton Spectrosynthesis II, Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia. The largest ever...
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  • Sunil Gupta, Jama Masjid, Delhi/Boulevard René Lévesque Ouest, Montréal, 2001-2003, (detail)

    Sunil Gupta | Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art | Harvard Art Museums

    September 10, 2019
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Sunil Gupta in the exhibition, Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art, in the...
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