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Childhood in Detroit

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My family converted to Sunni Islam when I was 6-years-old. Sunni Muslims are forbidden from creating images of living things. As a result, I have no childhood pictures (save for two pictures taken before our conversion).

 

Whenever I have the opportunity to photograph children, it has special meaning for me. In giving them something I was denied, I feel a part of me is restored.

 

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Paul c. Buff Einstein E640 camera left @ 1/2 power into gridded medium softbox

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Uploaded on September 25, 2015
Taken on September 18, 2015