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The photographer Edward Wallowitch was a native of industrial South Philadelphia, growing up in a family with more than its fair share of creative talent. Both sides of the family hailed from late nineteenth century Lithuanian immigrants. The Wallowitch parents ran a delicatessen in the shadow of the Atlantic Oil Refining Co., later to become Sonoco.

Three of the children gravitated to New York City in the mid-1950s where they quickly became part of Greenwich Village bohemia. Edward’s brother John Wallowitch studied music at Juilliard and became a celebrated songwriter and cabaret performer. His first album This is John Wallowitch!!! (1964) featured cover art by Andy Warhol – who trained as a commercial artist. Although not credited, the photos on which the cover art is based are likely to be by Edward Wallowitch....
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