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About Richard Pettibone

The prosaic use of a ghostlight is to make it easier to navigate a theater's stage after its gone dark for the night. A more romantic view is that the light allows a theatre's ghosts time to perform. A darker take is that it stays lit to keep mischievous spirits at bay.
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As a theatre photographer, this seemed a perfect icon as it dramatically focuses light against the dark -- always the essence at the heart of any good photo. My love of theatre photography paralleled my love of the stage and the many years spent designing, directing and performing.

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