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Street Seen

April 21, 2008

Carin Backoff

New York, NoLiTa

Casting Agent & Freelance Photographer

What kind of photography do you do? Fashion and portraits of bands.
What was your style like when you were 13? Oh god, I think I was wearing fluorescent. Or maybe at 13 it just cut-offs and flannels.

—Callie Klebanoff

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