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David L. Pokress is an American photojournalist. In the 1980s, he worked for New York's Newsday . [1] [2] In 1992 he worked for Esquire . [3] He is currently[ when? ] a photo assignment editor at the Daily News in New York, and has served as the President of the New York Press Photographers Association since 2011. [4]

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