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David Vestal (b 1924) was born in Menlo Park, CA. He was an accomplished photographer and writer. Vestal made a great photograph of Smith after he came across him wandering around Sixth Avenue in the mid-1960s after his loft had been robbed by junkies. Vestal also wrote one of the best pieces about Smith ever published, attempting to debunk the mythology surrounding Smith's battles with Life's editors. The article, "A Great Unknown Photographer – W. Eugene Smith," was published in Popular Photography in December 1966.

Harry Mitchell Vlachos (1926-2010) was born in New York, NY. He inherited and owned his father's flower shop-- Vlachos Wholesale Florist--which still operates today on 28th Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway, a couple of doors down from Zero Mostel's loft and near the Jazz Loft.