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Seymour Edelstein
1988
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After a career as a graphic designer in Los Angeles, Chicago–born Seymour Edelstein turned to photography, documenting shopkeepers and other people in their workplaces. His work can be found in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of the City of New York, the New-York Historical Society, the New York Public Library, and the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. Edelstein taught at the Otis-Parsons School of Design and the University of California.
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