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Stephanie C. Roberts

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“I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don’t like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.”

Diane Arbus

THERE WAS A HUM OF ENERGY IN THE ROOM. I COULD FEEL IT when I peeked in the window and eased open the door to document a glimpse of lunchtime leisure in a classroom at Shepherds Junior School in Arusha, Tanzania. The children were seated closely beside each other on wooden benches. Clutching bright plastic bowls, they scooped rice to their mouths and ...

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