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Heroin Smokers, Teheran by Gilles Peress — VisualArtsDB

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Heroin Smokers, Teheran

1980

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 7 7/8 × 11 15/16" (20.1 × 30.4 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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