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Cover of Esquire magazine's May 1967 issue, designed by George Lois, photography by Carl Fischer.
Editorial two-page spread from Harper's Bazaar, designed by Alexey Brodovitch, with photography by Gleb Derujinski.
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Cover for WET magazine, designed by April Greiman, 1979.
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Mark Twain
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Charles Dickens
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Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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Alfred Stieglitz
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Robert M. La Follette
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Winslow Homer
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Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
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Eve Babitz
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Irving Kristol
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Jules Verne
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Oprah Winfrey
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