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Dr. Paul M. Feorino (CDC), 1972, Leukemia cells containing the Epstein Barr virus, Photomicrograph, FA staining technique, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/42348
Kodak (artwork and design) Gary Dineen (photograph), 1972, Picture America on Kodak film (USA Full-size Kodak Girl), Advertising cut-out, Gary Dineen / East Edge Gallery, LL/121689
Muhamad Kenawi, 1972, Actress Magda el Khattib in a scene of the Egyptian movie "Al Gabal" at the Valley of the Kings. Egypt / Luxor, Negative film 135mm, Arab Image Foundation, LL/20042
Naomi Savage, 1972, Enmeshed Man, Paint and tempera on copper-plated magnesium, Source requested, LL/33344
Unidentified photographer, 1972, Motorway worker carrying no entry sign, M7 motorway towards the joint section of the M1-M7 motorway, Budaörs, Hungary, Photograph, FOTO:Fortepan, LL/83268
Unidentified photographer, 1972, Sign for "Hege Karoly Foto", Megyeház (Csók István) Street 16, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, Photograph, FOTO:Fortepan, LL/83267
Unidentified photographer, 1972, Advert for East German (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) pharmaceuticals, Colour photograph, Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm, LL/72749
Unidentified photographer, 1972, 1972 Fashion show: "Black and white dyed fantasy postiche with co-ordinating make-up", Photograph, London College of Fashion, LL/6859
Peter Beard, 1972 (taken) 2004 (print), Photo Lesson on the S.S. Caroline, Skorpios, Greece, July 1972 (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis), Collage, Sotheby's - New York, LL/80530
Eadweard Muybridge, 1972, Book cover for Eadweard Muybridge, Eadweard Muybridge: The Stanford Years, 1872-1882, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Museum of Art, 1972), Book cover, Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd, LL/49313
Édouard Boubat, 1972, Book cover for Edouard Boubat, 1972, Edouard Boubat, (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale/ Daniel Mauprey Éditeur), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/55826
Édouard Boubat, 1972, Book cover for Edouard Boubat "Femmes. Photographies d'Edouard Boubat" (Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1972), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/43370
Frantisek Drtikol, 1972, Book cover for "Fotograf Frantisek Drtikol" (Prague, Umelecko Prumyslove Muzeum, 1972), Book cover, Artcurial, LL/27273
Frederick Sommer, 1972, Book cover for "the Poetic Logic of Art and Aesthetics + Words Spoken in Memory of Richard Nickel at a Gathering of his Friends" by Frederick Sommer, Book cover, Arcana: Books on the Arts, LL/1236
Jean-Claude Gautrand, 1972, Book cover for Jean-Claude Gautrand, 1978, L'assassinat de Baltard, (Paris: Formule 13 Éditeur), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/58753
John Benjamin Stone, 1972, Book cover for Bill Jay Customs & Faces: Photographs by Sir Benjamin Stone, (London /NY: Academy Editions/St. Martin's Press, 1972), Book cover, Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd, LL/49300
Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1972, Book cover for Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 400 Fotografias, (Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1972), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/51784
Margaret Bourke-White, 1972, Book cover for Callahan, Sean (ed.), 1972, The Photographs of Margaret Bourke-White, (Bonanza Books), Book cover, Amazon - USA, LL/48972
Nathan Lyons, 1972, Book cover for "Under the Sun: The Abstract Art of Camera Vision" by Nathan Lyons, Syl Labrot and Walter Chappell (New York: Aperture, 1972), Book cover, Private collection, LL/21800
, 1972, Book cover for Paolo Gasparini, 1972, Para verte mejor, América Latina [To See You More Clearly, Latin America], (Mexico City: Siglo veintiuno Editores), Book cover, Christie's - New York, LL/28418
, 1972, Book cover for Paolo Gasparini, 1972, Para verte mejor, América Latina [To See You More Clearly, Latin America], (Mexico City: Siglo veintiuno Editores), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/55866
Robert Frank, 1972, Book cover for "Rolling Stones -Exile on Main St" (New York: Warner Bros. Publications Inc., 1972), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/47259
Robert Frank, 1972, Book cover for Robert Frank "the Lines of My Hand" (Tokyo: Yugensha/Kazuhiko Motomura, 1972), Book cover, Christie's - New York, LL/28417
Robert Frank, 1972, One of two different slipcovers for "the Lines of My Hand" (Tokyo: Yugensha), Slipcover, Private collection, LL/12557
Syl Labrot, 1972, Book cover for "Under the Sun: The Abstract Art of Camera Vision" by Nathan Lyons, Syl Labrot and Walter Chappell (New York: Aperture, 1972), Book cover, Private collection, LL/21801
Walter Chappell, 1972, Book cover for "Under the Sun: The Abstract Art of Camera Vision" by Nathan Lyons, Syl Labrot and Walter Chappell (New York: Aperture, 1972), Book cover, Private collection, LL/21802