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Shoot like a Girl |Found (#31days)

Day 29: Solola, Guatemala. I had told the story only three times. Once in Jamaica. Once in Kenya. And now, in Guatemala. It was my story – of abuse...

Shoot like a Girl | Naked (#31days)

Day 28: The Texas Hill Country. And the kitchen. it’s a thing we’ve done for a while now, the cooking and baking and feeding. It started with our own...

Shoot like a Girl | Here (#31days)

Day 27: Nevrincea, Romania. The abandoned cathedral was obscured by trees, her doorways guarded by stinging nettle. Her pews awaited visitors who walked away years ago. Spider webs were woven...

Shoot like a Girl | Simplicity (#31days)

Day 26: Anywhere you are. (there’s something about a coffee cup that lets me breathe) This world is full of fury and flashes that weary a soul and leave...

Shoot like a Girl | Fly (#31days)

Day 25: Bungoma County, Kenya. They sat on the sofa, looking cautiously at the cameras ready to take in every spoken word and subtle nuance of their story. He...

Shoot like a Girl | Prayer (#31days)

Day 24: St Petersburg, Russia. I met her in 2007 at Orphanage 2. People said it was the best place for the discarded to live, because the director there...

Shoot like a Girl | Expectant (#31days)

Day 23: Austin, Texas. We decorated the guest bedroom and fluffed the pillows on the sofa. And then we pondered what it a good after-school snack might be. I...

Shoot like a Girl | Reminder (#31days)

Day 22: Moore, Oklahoma. Her home was a beautifully welcoming place. She decorated it for every holiday, and her two spare bedrooms held all the things her grandsons and...

Shoot like a Girl | Life (#31days)

Day 21: Corrientes, Argentina. A ten-hour flight and 11-hour bus ride brought me to this place on the other side of the world – a province tucked away in...

Shoot like a Girl | Say Yes (#31days)

Day 20: Susani, Romania. She became my constantly smiling photography assistant for four days. We dodged soccer balls at sports camp and ate sarmali and mici (cabbage rolls and...

Shoot like a Girl | Labor (#31days)

Day 18: Eden, Jamaica All around us is the busy quiet of learning at the Jamaican Christian School for the Deaf.  Every classroom is full of students – kids...
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