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French Artist Puts New Yorker's Faces on the Wall of Rockefeller Center

Richard Hake

NEW YORK, NY May 31, 2007 —Monument to Smile is a large-scale projection of over 250 photographs of smiling New Yorkers. This evening, it will light up the façade of 30 Rockefeller Plaza into a cascading mosaic of smiling portraits. Richard Hake spoke with Agnes Winter, the French photographer who created the project.

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