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Los Angeles has interested me for a long time. I was in Texas for five years, for the same reason. I wanted to photograph there.

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
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Texas
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