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By Wendy Murdoch

Special to the Rappahannock News

Tfed Pellegatta has certainly seen his share of darkness. Having to face numerous challenges in his life—and in the past five years surviving prostate cancer and a brain tumor— you might expect him to be angry and bitter about what life has dealt him. But that is the last thing on his mind.

Instead, at almost 65, Pellegatta focuses on physical discipline and photography. This once hard, crusty, exMarine has been transformed by his experiences into a humbled individual, grateful to catch another sunrise with his camera. All you have to do is look at the photographs contained in his 2005 calendar of Rappahannock County to gain insight into his moods and the

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