"Gramma Purdum," 1975: Greta McCreath, Julia Dean's grandmother, tries on an old hat while preparing for an auction to sell off the contents of her 11-bedroom house in Purdum, Neb. (population 20) Following the auction, she moved into a small apartment in Broken Bow, Neb., where her daughter, Patricia Dean and her family, lived.

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"John Lennon Shot Here," 1980: People gather in front of the Dakota -- the apartment building where John Lennon lived --to mourn Lennon's death the day after he was shot, Dec. 9, 1980. Julia Dean was working as a photo editor at the time for the Associated Press in New York, her first professional job.

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"The American General Stores Series," #13: Paul Dean, Julia Dean's grandfather, drinks his soda pop at the fountain of Pirnie's General Store in Weissert, Neb., in 1981. Julia Dean worked on a general stores project across the U.S. for several years. Dean considers this picture of her grandfather the first good picture she ever took after seven years of trying. She credits a Leica M4 that Letiz educator Walter Heun lent her.

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"Madonna & Child," 1988: A Guatemalan mother breastfeeds her son while standing in the rain. On this maiden trip to Guatemala in 1988, Julia Dean took two of her University of Nebraska students with her to work on collaborative stories.

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"Old Quarter, Hanoi," 2006: The old quarter of Hanoi bustles with people just after dusk. Julia Dean, who has led more than 25 travel workshops around the world through the Julia Dean Photo Workshops, took groups to Vietnam in 2006 and 2007.

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"The Kiss," 2010: A couple pose for a photographer (foreground) in the middle of Day of the Dead celebrations on Olvera Street, Nov. 2, 2010. Julia Dean was having dinner with her street shooting students at the time.

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"Orpheum," 2012: A man named Willie sits on a bench on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles at 1 p.m. on May 12, 2012. Julia Dean's current project is to shoot on the streets of downtown Los Angeles.

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"The Worker," 2007: A teenager works with leather goods within the maze of shops and alleys in Marrakech, Morocco in 2007. Julia Dean was leading one of her travel workshops.

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"Light Series #3," 2002: A woman with a cigarette walks through an alley in Prague in 2002. Julia Dean was with a student at the time, discussing the wonders of light.

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"Night & the City," 2002: A man walks along the street that intersects with the famous Charles Bridge in Prague at 5 a.m. The camera's shutter speed was set at 1 second.

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"Street Life, Havana," 2002: A woman hollers at a neighbor on the streets of Havana in January 2002.

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"Film Noir," 2002: A man smokes a cigarette while sitting in an old car on the streets of Havana in 2002.

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"Lake Titicaca, Floating Island #1": A mother talks with her daughter on their manmade island on Lake Titicaca, Peru in 2008. This travel workshop was the first time Julia Dean shot seriously with a digital camera. Prior to 2008, Kodak Tri-X 400 and Kodachrome slide film were Dean's films of choice.

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A girl runs with a bounce in her step along the reeds used to make these man-made islands on Lake Titicaca in Peru.

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A Nicaraguan man poses for a picture in his frontyard. Julia Dean was on assignment for Maryknoll magazine, a Catholic publication, during this time.

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Children play in a sauna that their mothers use for cooking in their mountain-top village. These villages at the time didn't have potable water, so people had to walk two hours down a mountain and back with their water supply. Julia Dean was in Guatemala for a month with two University of Nebraska students at the time.

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