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PDNPulse: New York Photographer and Author Norman Snyder Dies](http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/06/new-york-photographer-and-author-norman-snyder-dies.html) says:

Norman Snyder, a photographer who wrote The Photography Catalog, a 1976 book of equipment and advice, died May 28. He was 72 and lived in Manhattan.