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Joseph, San Francisco
In 2004 and 2005, I traveled across California, where I was living at the time, asking people 30 and under to write their opinion on the War in Iraq.
Though I was interested in documenting what people thought about the war and the way war affects certain demographics differently, I was specifically interested in recording what people my own age had to say about the issue as the burden of war would rest heaviest upon us. Before I shot my first picture, I decided that my subjects would be 30 years old or younger. Although opinions about the war seemed to abound--on bumper stickers, television, and T-shirts--I wanted to create work which expressed the ideas of individuals, relying solely on their words. I also wanted their ideas to be incorporated in the image, so that persona and opinion were fused into one.
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Lauren, West Hollywood
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Tarik, West Hollywood
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Shane, West Hollywood
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Robyn, Los Angeles
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Todd, Huntington Beach
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Phillip, Huntington Beach
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Matt, UCLA
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Manaf, UCLA
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Leah, Santa Ana
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Karen, Los Angeles
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Johnnie, Santa Ana
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Joel, Huntington Beach
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Jimmy, Westwood
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Graciela, Santa Ana
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Erin, San Francisco
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Emily, Los Angeles
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Dillon, Los Angeles
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Daniel, Los Angeles
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Damon, Huntington Beach
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Claire, Los Angeles
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Ashley, UCLA
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Anthony, Westwood
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Anonymous, Los Angeles
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Alex, Los Angeles
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Justine, West Hollywood
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Alexander, UC Berkeley
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Katrina, Huntington Beach
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Benji, Los Angeles
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Jason R., Los Angeles
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3 Boys, Santa Ana
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Erin, Palmdale
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Nathaniel, West Hollywood
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Rebecca, West Hollywood
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Jason, Los Angeles
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Betty, Santa Ana
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Rahmatullah, UCLA