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Laurie Simmons was born on Long Island, New York, in 1949. She received a BFA from the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia (1971). Simmons stages photographs and films with paper dolls, finger puppets, ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Laurie Canter is a soft-spoken 36-year-old father of two from Bath, England, who is quick to shrug off even the slightest suggestion of pretense. On a bright morning at The ...