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- ↑ "The Protoplast of Proteus, by Bonnie Gordon | First Friday". First Friday Rochester. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Word-Man". Visual Studies Workshop. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Fourteen words beginning with the letters 'pel' performing reciprocal illustrations with a stretched halftone figure". International Center of Photography. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Bonnie Gordon". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Bonnie Gordon". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "The anatomy of the image maps". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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