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Dr. Joseph Filbeck, 63, a practitioner in the burgeoning field of anti-aging medicine, injects himself twice daily with human growth hormone he sources in Mexico as part of a non-FDA-approved anti-aging regimen, Westlake Village, California
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Dr. Joseph Filbeck, 63, a practitioner in the burgeoning field of anti-aging medicine, injects himself twice daily with human growth hormone he sources in Mexico as part of a non-FDA-approved anti-aging regimen, Westlake Village, California

Series TitleNew Aging
Artist Lauren Greenfield (American, born 1966)
Date1999; printed 2017
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/2 × 19 1/16 inches (31.75 × 48.42 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 19 1/4 inches (32.39 × 48.9 cm)
Mount: 12 3/4 × 19 1/4 inches (32.39 × 48.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lauren Greenfield and the Annenberg Space for Photography
Object number2022.20.42
SignedSigned on mount verso, on white label, lower right, in black pen.
InscribedOn mount verso, on white label, lower right, in black type with black pen: "Lauren Greenfield / Photographer / [signature] / Dr. Joseph Filbeck injects himself twice daily with human growth hormone he sources in Mexico as part of a non-FDA-approved anti-aging regimen, Westlake Village, California, 1999. / Title / 1999 / Date / This is edition number 1/5 made from the original / negative. / Reproduction of this photograph is prohibited without / written consent of the photographer. / © Lauren Greenfield"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/5
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DescriptionImage of a mustachioed man injecting his thigh with a small syringe. He is wearing a black Puma shirt and gray shorts.Provenance
Lauren Greenfield, Venice, CA, 2017;
Given by Lauren Greenfield and the Annenberg Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
Copyright© Lauren Greenfield
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