When You Become the Story
When you’re documenting the story, sometimes you become the story. I was assigned to cover the rebuilding of Makasseb Elementary School near Baghdad, Iraq, over the course of several months (Figures 1.6 and 1.7).
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Figure 1.6. A mother watches her son read in the halls of a newly renovated elementary school in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Figure 1.7. A young Iraqi boy watches his father hang ...
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