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ON THAT DAY, “Cigarette” by Stephen Shames

ON THAT DAY, “Cigarette” by Stephen Shames

With On That Day, photographers are invited to tell the story behind one of their photographs. Today, photographer Stephen Shames tells a encounter with some kids on an American street corner… 

“I spent the entire year of 1985 photographing child poverty in the United States after I received an Alicia Patterson Foundation grant. I bought a car and drove across the country, starting in southern California, where I spent six weeks living with...

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