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Faces

Michele was playing with that skirt and it was amazing to experience, as I was approaching with my camera, that she was happy to play with it and felt so comfortable in front of me and my camera. She was using the skirt as if it was a mask, at that moment I thought, living here is like wearing a mask for years, you want to take it off, but to do so it hurts... it is already like a second face.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2015
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Copyright: © Alejandra Lopez Zaballa