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- ↑ "The Photograph as Witness: The Human Experience". Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
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- ↑ Abatemarco, Michael. "Joan Myers at the New Mexico Museum of Art". Santa Fe New Mexican.