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==Restoration of Pont Neuf==
Quote from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_Neuf The Pont Neuf] - Appendix/Biography'' <ref>[http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:ffOL7JAVzr4J:www.library.northwestern.edu/spec/pontneuf/append_biog.html The Pont Neuf, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University] (cache)</ref> <ref>[http://benmittman.com/Site/Restoration_of_PN.html Restoration of the Pont Neuf (1994 - 2007)]</ref> :
Ben Mittman is a retired professor of computer science and information systems at Northwestern University and former director of Northwestern's Vogelback Computing Center. His interest in black and white photography began some fifty years ago while living in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris Paris]. Ben and his wife, [[Arts#:Category:Barbara Mittman|Barbara]], currently spend half the year in Paris where he continues his photographic activities. <ref>[http://www.barbaramittman.com/Site/About_the_Artist_1.html Barbara Mittman - About the Artist]</ref>
Mittman's latest project, which began in 1994, is photographing the restoration of the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris. The restoration, which was completed at the end of April 2007, is the subject of an exhibit of his photos to be held in the [http://www.paris.org/Kiosque/may03/gifs/mairie.vi/ Mairie (Town Hall) of the 6th arrondissement] of Paris in October-November of 2007.
