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Gelatin silver print, printed c. 2005. 20.9 x 31.6 cm (27.5 x 35.4 cm). Signed, titled and editioned 74/75 in felt tip pen in the lower margin. Signed, dated, titled, editioned in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso. Literature: Joseph Szabo, Almost grown, New York 1978, n. pag. with ill. During his time as a photography teacher at Malverne High School in Long Island in the 1970s and 1980s, Joseph Szabo documented the life of his students and their friends on campus and in their free time with an observant and insightful eye. This shot of a girl smoking a cigarette on Long Island Beach was one of Szabo's most important photographs. It was used in 1991 by the grunge band Dinosaur Jr on the cover of their album "Green Mind".