Picture Day!

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Length: 03:29

Spend a day with a school-portrait photographer at an elementary school in the Washington, DC. Read the full description.

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80sbackground_sm_head_small This profile of Sterling Hoffman, a school-portrait photographer in the Washington, DC area, is non-narrated. The story uses interviews mixed with scenes from a day of shooting at an elementary school.

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Piece Description

This profile of Sterling Hoffman, a school-portrait photographer in the Washington, DC area, is non-narrated. The story uses interviews mixed with scenes from a day of shooting at an elementary school.