Nathan Pearce

401 East Main Street

Fairfield , Illinois 62837

618-516-4233

Nathanpearcephoto@gmail.com

Bio

Nathan Pearce (born 1986) is an artist based in Southern Illinois. Pearce works in book and zine making and photography. Pearce’s publications are held in several artists' book and library collections including those at MoMA, The Met, Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Center for Creative Photography. His work has been exhibited in solo shows at the PhotoNola festival, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Nizhniy Tagil Museum of Fine Arts and The Rangefinder Gallery in Chicago. He has been published in over 200 books, zines  and exhibition catalogs; as well as online in The Huffington Post, The British Journal of Photography, and Juxtapoz.

Selected Exhibition History

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023

  • Work by Nathan Pearce, Pro Photo Supply Lab Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2022

  • New Work From Midwest Dirt , Space Place Gallery, Nizhniy Tagil, Russia
  • See It When I Believe It, Analog, Urbana, Illinois 

2019

  • Cattle, Nizhniy Tagil Museum Of Fine Arts, Nizhniy Tagil, Russia
  • Cattle, Space Place Gallery, Nizhniy Tagil, Russia
  • Zine Reading Room(s), 211F, Normal, Illinois
  • New Work, Two person show with Matthew David Crowther, 6pence, Carbondale, Illinois

2018

  • Midwest Dirt, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois
  • Midwest Dirt, 6Pence, Carbondale, Illinois

2017

  • Collected Photobooks, Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, Illinois

2016

  • The Farm, Rangefinder Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • Midwest Dirt, Pg Gallery, Evansville, Indiana
  • Welcome to Hortonville, Standard Projects, Hortonville, Wisconsin

2015

  • Midwest Dirt, PhotoNOLA festival, Hey! Cafe, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Some Hortonville Photobooks, Standard Projects, Hortonville, Wisconsin

2007

  • Polaroid Work, The Space, Hamden, Connecticut

Pop-Up Shows etc. 

2019

  • Still Feel Gone, with Tim Carpenter, Silver Eye Lab, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
  • The Misinformation Booth, Beesonstock Music & Arts Festival, Cisne, Illinois

2018

  • Hold Your Breath III, with Matthew David Crowther, Beesonstock Music & Arts Festival, Cisne, Illinois (Two Person Exhibition)
  • Midwest Dirt, Frontier College, Fairfield, Illinois

2017

  • Hold Your Breath, with Matthew David Crowther, Beesonstock Music & Arts Festival, Cisne, Illinois (Two Person Exhibition)
  • Hold Your Breath II, with Rachael Banks, Beesonstock Music & Arts Festival, Cisne, Illinois (Two Person Exhibition)
  • While Supplies Last, Beesonstock Music & Arts Festival, Cisne, Illinois

2016

  • When We Meet, with Rachael Banks, mostly in the mail and on the internet
  • The Misinformation Dept., White Buffalo Music And Arts Festival, Amboy, Illinois
  • Midwest Dirt, Pizza B's, Cisne, Illinois
  • Nothing Ever Happens (Scavenger Hunt), White Buffalo Music And Arts Festival, Amboy, Illinois
  • Some Tank Batteries, The Bearded Lady, Mount Vernon Illinois


Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

  • (Upcoming) Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois
  • Zine Pavilion, American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois

2022

  • Group Show, Immaterial Gallery, Prairie Glass House, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign, Illinois
  • Simple Form, Space Place Gallery, Nizhniy Tagil, Russia

2021

  • Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois
  • 10: The Photocopy Club 10 year Exhibition, The Theatre Courtyard Green Rooms, London, UK
  • Landscape Zine Reading Room, The Recreation Club, Champaign, Illinois
  • 40/40: Portraits of Paul Shortt at 40 Years Old By 40 Or More Artists, Tench Gallery, Gainesville, Florida  

2020

  • Re-Connect, Visual Gallery + Design, San Diego, California

2019

  • Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois
  • Now That's What I Call Love, Hart Club, London
  • Printmaking As Resistance - Zine Library, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Annual Shrode Juried Photography Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon Illinois
  • Foto Mercado Exhibition, Gallery at the Ace Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
  • Errors, Fakes, & Oddities, Sharon Arts Gallery of The New Hampshire Institute of Art, Peterborough, New Hampshire
  • Mail Art, Lawrence & Clark Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • 21st Annual In-Sight Photography Project Exhibition, In-Sight Photography Project, Brattleboro, Vermont

2018

  • New Midwest Photography, James Watrous Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, Wisconsin, Curated by Andy Adams/ Flakphoto
  • Photobook Exhibition, Venice Arts, Month of Photography Los Angeles, Venice, California
  • Record/Off Record, Northern Kentucky University, Fotofocus Biennial, Covington, Kentucky
  • 30 from 10, Pushdot, Portland, Oregon
  • J Book Show, Photobookshow, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork Photo Festival, Cork, Ireland
  • Z.Archive, UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library Archives & Special Collections, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
  • The Floating Library, Lake Phalen, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Pretty Scary, Frontier College, Fairfield, Illinois
  • Creativity Redefined, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
  • Works On Paper, 211F, Normal, Illinois

2017

  • Thread Count, Der Greif, Co-Op, Unseen Amsterdam, Amsterdam
  • Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois. Curated by Barry Blinderman
  • By The Books: Juried Photobook Exhibition, Vermont Center For Photography, Brattleboro, Vermont, Juror Henry Horenstein
  • AWAKE Reading Room, 10x10 Photobooks, PGH Photo Fair, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Photobooks, Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
  • Context 2017, Filter Space, Chicago, Illinois. Juried by Natasha Egan
  • Zines Of The World, The Truman Brewery, London
  • Bound, Holland Project Gallery, Reno, Nevada
  • Big Picture Colorado, Denver, Colorado
  • A Print, Nock, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Beautiful Zines, OCAD Zine Library, Toronto, Canada
  • In-Sight Photography Project 2017 Juried Exhibition, In-Sight Photography Project, Brattleboro Vermont
  • Ironic Methods with Sincere Motivations, Kiosk Gallery, Kansas City Missouri
  • The Zine Museum, Massey University, Wellington New Zealand

2016

  • Making Muses, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver Colorado
  • Hit The Road, The Photocopy Club, Fotofestiwal, ART_INKUBATOR Festival Centre, Lodz Poland
  • Xerox and Destroy 2, The Photocopy Club, Unveil'd Photography Festival, Exeter, Devon, UK
  • Photobookshow Kyiv, Ya Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Annual Shrode Juried Photography Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon Illinois
  • Making Muses, PhotoSummer, CFA Downtown Studio, Albequrque New Mexico
  • Postage Required, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro Vermont
  • INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Creativity Redefined, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, Mount Vernon Illinois
  • Zine World, The Photocopy Club, Fotofestiwal, ART_INKUBATOR Festival Centre, Lodz Poland
  • INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon Arizona
  • The Impossible Image, The Photocopy Club, Liège, Belgium
  • The Zine Museum, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga New Zealand

2015

  • Photobooks: Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens GreecePhotobook 2014
  • Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester Massachusetts. Jurors Paula Tognarelli and Karen Davis
  • Zine World, Doomed Gallery, London, UK
  • Viewpoint: Landscape and Architecture, Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon
  • Annual Shrode Juried Photography Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon Illinois
  • Light Reading, The Natural Collection (The Photobook Club), Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia
  • Permanent Gravy Stretch, Gravy Studio, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
  • Miscellanea, Kansas City Art Institute, East Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Here and Away, Art Garage, Young Space, Green Bay Wisconsin
  • Fishing For Iconography, A Smith Gallery, Johnston City Texas
  • Creativity Redefined, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, Mount Vernon Illinois
  • A Feeling of Connection to Place, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Big Picture Colorado, Denver Colorado
  • Re:Generation, Young Space, Appleton Wisconsin
  • Zinester Art, Lucky Cat Gallery, Milwaukee Wisconsin

2014

  • Photobook 2014, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, New York. Jurors Paula Tognarelli and Karen Davis
  • INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Az. Jurors: Mary Virginia Swanson, Darius Himes, Larissa Leclair, Abigail Nersesian, Jennifer Barnella, Joshua Chuang and Becky Senf
  • Filter Photo Festival Photobook Exhibition, Madison Public Library, Maddison, Wisconsin, Juror Gregory Harris
  • Filter Photo Festival Photobook Exhibition, Harrington College of Design, Chicago, Illinois. Juror Gregory Harris
  • H Book Show Photobookshow, Doomed Gallery, London
  • Petty Thieves 5 projection, Hell & Gone Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
  • Portrait: A Picture Show, Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon. Juror Holly Andres
  • Zines of the Zone, Stray Books Festival, Red Gallery, London
  • Annual Shrode Juried Photography Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois

2013

  • Big Picture Colorado, Denver Colorado
  • Annual Shrode Juried Photography Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon Illinois
  • Petty Thieves Three projection, Petworth Citizen & Reading Room, Washington D.C.

2010

  • Day of the Dead projection show, Centro Fotografico Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

Selected Books & Zines

  • South of Chicago. With co-author Tim Carpenter. Published by Distant Zine, 2021.
  • Still Feel Gone. With co-author Tim Carpenter. Published by Deadbeat Club, 2018.
  • Still Feel Gone. Special Edition With co-author Tim Carpenter. Published by Deadbeat Club, 2019.
  • Midwest Dirt. Published by Same Coin Press, 2014.
  • Midwest Dirt. Bootleg Edition. Published by Same Coin Press, 2015.
  • Midwest Dirt. Halfmoon Edition. Published by Halfmoon Projects, 2017.
  • See it When I Believe it. Published by Immaterial Books, 2022.
  • Hello (Go Away). Published by Brown Owl Press, 2022. 
  • Crops. Published by Same Coin Press, 2019.
  • Nothing Ever Happens 1. Published by Halfmoon Projects, 2016.
  • Nothing Ever Happens 2. Published by Halfmoon Projects, 2016.
  • Some Tank Batteries. Published by Deadbeat Club, 2018.
  • Tank Batteries. Published by The Unknown Books, 2014.
  • Some Tank Batteries. Published by Same Coin Press, 2017.
  • Sara Didn't Like to Be in the Pictures. Published by Same Coin Press, 2019.
  • Ouch! Published by Same Coin Press, 2018.
  • Learning How To Fall. With co-author Tyler Dunning . Published by Same Coin Press, 2018.
  • Nineteen Tomatoes. Published by Same Coin Press, 2015.
  • High & Also Lonesome. Published by Data Pop, 2019
  • Various Churches, Declining Structures. Published by Same Coin Press, 2015.
  • Nineteen Tomatoes. Published by Same Coin Press, 2015.
  • Various Midwestern Homes. Published by Same Coin Press, 2016.
  • I Took A Train Trip With My Grandma. Published by Same Coin Press, 2016.
  • Come Thru It's Lit. Self-published with Rachael Banks, 2017.
  • The Beer I Had In Branson. Published by Same Coin Press, 2016.
  • I Can See For Miles. Published by Same Coin Press, 2017.
  • Rejected Zine Names. Published by Same Coin Press, 2016.
  • The Beef Book. Published by Same Coin Press, 2016

Selected Collections

  • Museum of Modern Art Library 
  • Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Center for Creative Photography
  • Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University, The Indie Photobook Library Collection
  • Museum of Contemporary Photography -Special Books Collection
  • Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Cincinnati Art Museum
  • Brooklyn Museum Library
  • Amon Carter Museum of American Art Library
  • The Snite Museum of Art
  • Kroch Library Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
  • Center for Railroad Photography & Art
  • RISD Fleet Library Special Collections
  • Michigan State University Special Collections
  • Joseph Curtis Sloane Art Library at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  • LaBudde Special Collections, University of Missouri Kansas City,
  • Hanna House Museum
  • University of Chicago Library Special Collections
  • London College of Communication Zine Collection
  • Colorado College Zine Collection
  • UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library
  • The Publishing Center at Salt Lake Community College
  • Hampshire College Zine Collection
  • Greenfield Community College- Nahman-Watson Library

Lectures & Presentations

  • Panel Discussion, Annual Shrode Juried Photography exhibition Art Chat, Cedarhurst Center For The Arts, 2019
  • Artist Talk, Fairfield Public Library, 2019
  • Artist Talk and Panel Discussion, Fotofocus Biennial, Northern Kentucky University, 2018
  • Artist Talk, Online,Yield Magazine/Snite Museum of Art, 2018
  • Yield Virtual Conference, Snite Museum of Art, Photobook Panel, 2018
  • In Print: Photobook Panel, Moderated by Roy Flukinger, PhotoNOLA 2017, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans Louisiana
  • Artist Talk, Mount Vernon Township High School, 2017
  • Guest Speaker, East Carolina University, September 2016
  • Artist Talk, LATITUDE, November 2016
  • In Print: Photobook Panel, Moderated by Stella Kramer, PhotoNOLA 2015, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans Louisiana

Residencies, Awards & Honors

  • Still Feel Gone selected as one of the top photobooks of 2018 by Brad Feuerhelm for Photobookstore Magazine 
  • Artists Residency, Public Collectors Joong Boo Residency Winter 2017, Chicago Illinois
  • Midwest Dirt selected for the Flakphoto booklist, 2017 
  • Artists Residency, LATITUDE, Fall 2016, Chicago Illinois 
  • Featured Artist, Community Arts Annual, Frontier College, 2015 
  • Midwest Dirt photobook shortlisted for Athens Photo Festival 2015 Photobook Show
  • By The Books: Juried Photobook Exhibition, Vermont Center For Photography, Awarded Directors Honorable Mention for Midwest Dirt (Akina Edition)
  • Artists Residency, Standard Projects, Summer 2015, Hortonville Wisconsin
  • 2014 Annual Shrode Juried Photography Competition. Awarded First Prize
  • 2013 Annual Shrode Juried Photography Competition. Awarded Honorable Mention


Curatorial Experience

  • Same Coin Reading Room, Beesonstock Music and Arts Festival, Cisne Il, Summer 2018
  • The Zine Shelf, LATITUDE, Chicago Il, Fall 2016, co-curated with Matthew David Crowther
  • Portrait, LATITUDE, Chicago Il, Fall 2016, Juror
  • Same Coin Show Vol. IIII Beesonstock Music and Arts Festival, Cisne Il, Fall 2016
  • Same Coin Show Vol. III, Beesonstock Music and Arts Festival, Cisne Il, Summer 2016
  • Same Coin Show Vol. I, Beesonstock Music and Arts Festival, Cisne Il, Summer 2015
  • Same Coin Show Vol. II, GTFO Gallery, Murphysboro Il, Fall 2015

Zine & Art Book Fairs

  • New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, New York, 2018
  • Chicago Art Book Fair, Chicago, Illinois, 2018
  • Philadelphia Art Book Fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2016
  • Bound Art Book and Zine Fair, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 2016, '17, and '18
  • Foto Mercado, Chicago, Illinois, 2018 and '19
  • Cincinnati Art Book Fair, Covington, Kentucky, 2019
  • Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago, Illinois, 2014, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, and '23
  • Small Press Expo, St. Louis, Missouri, 2016, '17, '18, and '19
  • Small Press Fest, Urbana, Illinois, 2019
  • Black Friday Zine Swap, Chicago Illinois, 2016 (Organizer)
  • Midwest SPE Art Book Fair, Milwaukee Wisconsin, 2019
  • Chattanooga Zine Fest, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 2017
  • Kentucky Fried Zine Fest, Lexington, Kentucky, 2016
  • Kansas City Zine Con, Kansas City, Missouri, 2015, '16, and '18
  • Alt Press Fest, Salt Lake City, 2016
  • Grid Zine Fest, Salt Lake City, 2017
  • River Des Press Fest, St. Louis, Missouri, 2016, '17, and '18
  • Milwaukee Zine Fest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2015, '16
  • Halftone Zine Fest, Lexington, Kentucky, 2023 

Selected Online Publications

  • Huffington Post. Wray, Tara. “Doin' Work, Flash Interviews With Contemporary Photographers: Nathan Pearce.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 7 Dec. 2017, www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-wray/doin-work-flash-interview_9_b_10821712.html.
  • The British Journal of Photography. Rojee, Ameena. “10 More Young, Emerging & Established Photographers Choosing Film.” British Journal of Photography, 26 June 2017, www.bjp-online.com/2017/06/intrepidfilmphotographyaward_2/.
  • PDN. “Reflecting a Contemporary Midwest America.” PDN Photo of the Day, 4 Sept. 2018, potd.pdnonline.com/2018/09/53896/.
  • Juxtapoz. “‘Midwest Dirt’ by Nathan Pearce.” Juxtapoz Magazine - Home, 13 Mar. 2017, www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/midwest-dirt-by-nathan-pearce/.
  • Burn Magazine. “Nathan Pearce – Midwest Dirt.” Burn Magazine, 18 June 2016, www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2012/12/nathan-pearce-midwest-dirt/.
  • Self Publish Be Happy. “Midwest Dirt By Nathan Pearce.” Self Publish, Be Happy, 2014, selfpublishbehappy.com/2014/08/book-du-jour-midwest-dirt-by-nathan-pearce/.
  • Aint-Bad. “Nathan Pearce.” Edited by Rachel Jump, AINT-BAD, 25 Oct. 2015, www.aint-bad.com/article/2015/10/26/nathan-pearce/.
  • Booooooom!. Adams, Andy. “10 Midwest Photographers You Should Follow.” BOOOOOOOM!, 2018, www.booooooom.com/2018/08/29/10-midwest-photographers-you-should-follow/.
  • Fraction Magazine. “Issue 90.” Fraction Magazine, Sept. 2016, www.fractionmagazine.com/issue-90/.
  • Strant Mag. Kelly, Shaun H. “Midwest Dirt by Nathan Pearce |.” Strant Magazine, www.strantmag.com/midwest-dirt-by-nathan-pearce-2/.
  • Design Observer. Foster, John. “Nathan Pearce.” Design Observer, 8 Jan. 2016, designobserver.com/feature/nathan-pearce/39160/.
  • Oranbeg Press. “NET 2.8.” Edited by Tim Carpenter, Oranbeg Press, oranbegpress.com/NET-2-8.

Selected Print Publications

  • Wisconsin People & Ideas. Adams, Andy. “New Midwest Photography.” Wisconsin People & Ideas , 2018. 
  • Crusade For Your Audience (appeared as contributor). Yoffy Schwartz, Jennifer, editor. Crusade For Your Audience. Crusade Press, 2017.
  • The Meal-Based Artist Residency Program (appeared as contributor). Fischer, Marc. The Meal-Based Artist Residency Program . Public Collectors , 2018.
  • BKN Magazine. Pearce , Nathan. “Midwest Dirt .” BKN, 2015.
  • Trip Mag. Pearce, Nathan. “Doubles.” Trip Mag, 2014.
  • Tough & Tender. Edited by Nathan Pearce & Claire Cushing, Published by Same Coin Press, 2017 
  • Home & Away. Edited by Nathan Pearce & Claire Cushing, Published by Same Coin Press, 2016
  • Other Coins. Edited by Nathan Pearce & Claire Cushing, Published by Same Coin Press, 2017 

Selected Publications As Author

  • Deadbeat Club. Pearce, Nathan. “Photobooks Of Note 2021 - Nathan Pearce.” Deadbeat Club, Deadbeat Club, 19 Dec. 2021, https://deadbeatclubpress.com/fr-eu/blogs/favorite-photobooks-2021/photobooks-of-note-2021-nathan-pearce
  • YIELD Magazine. Interview with TR Ericson. Pearce, Nathan. “YIELD Nº10.” YIELD Nº10, Mar. 2020, 010.yieldmagazine.org/.
  • YIELD Magazine. Interview with Tammy Mercure. Pearce, Nathan. “YIELD Nº10.” YIELD Nº10, Mar. 2020, 010.yieldmagazine.org/.
  • YIELD Magazine. Interview with Melissa Catanese. Pearce, Nathan. “YIELD Nº9.” YIELD Nº9, Dec. 2019, 009.yieldmagazine.org/.
  • YIELD Magazine. Interview with Rana Young and Zora J. Murff. Pearce, Nathan. “YIELD Nº9.” YIELD Nº9, Dec. 2019, 009.yieldmagazine.org/.
  • Deadbeat Club. Pearce, Nathan. “Photobooks Of Note 2019 - Nathan Pearce.” Deadbeat Club, Deadbeat Club, 14 Dec. 2019, deadbeatclubpress.com/blogs/favorite-photobooks-2019/photobooks-of-note-2019-nathan-pearce.
  • YIELD Magazine. Interview with Jake Reinhart. Pearce, Nathan. “YIELD Nº8.” YIELD Nº8, Jun. 2019, 008.yieldmagazine.org/.
  • YIELD Magazine. Interview with Barbara Diener. Pearce, Nathan. “YIELD Nº8.” YIELD Nº8, Jun. 2019, 008.yieldmagazine.org/.
  • YIELD Magazine. Interview with Rachael Banks. Pearce, Nathan. “YIELD Nº7.” YIELD Nº7, Dec. 2018, 007.yieldmagazine.org/.
  • YIELD Magazine. Interview with Jason Reblando. Pearce, Nathan. “YIELD Nº7.” YIELD Nº7, Dec. 2018, 007.yieldmagazine.org/.
  • Deadbeat Club. Pearce, Nathan. “Photobooks Of Note 2018 - Nathan Pearce.” Deadbeat Club, Deadbeat Club, 15 Dec. 2018, deadbeatclubpress.com/blogs/favorite-photobooks-2018/photobooks-of-note-2018-nathan-pearce.
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