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Val Wilmer — American Drummers 1959-1988

Val Wilmer, with Maggie Murray, founded Format Photographers in 1983, the first all-women photographers' agency in Britain. Wilmer is known for her writing and photography around African-American music, for which she has received many awards. More recently, Wilmer has become a patron of the National Jazz Archive.

BOOK SPECS:

36 pages
printed in England
staple bound
14cm x 20cm

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