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Teaching doesn't relate to photographing, at least not for me.

Garry Winogrand

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Garry Winogrand
Age: 56 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 14
Died: 1984
Died: March 29
Photographer
Photojournalist
New York City
New York
Photographing
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Teaching
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