Lost and Found: Controversy on Every Corner
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There are over 8 million people living, in close quarters, within the borders of New York City.
There is something about this picture, about this girl, about the whole thing that makes me vaguely uncomfortable: how old is she? Why is her picture being taken? Where is her picture being taken?
There is a look in her eye that, if she is a child, should not be there. Though, if she is older than she initially appears, what is it exactly that implies youth? Is it the pastel painted nails, bitten to the quick? Is it the inexpert application of make-up round her eyes?
Found blowing down a night-time street in midtown Manhattan, skipping across a subway grate, scraping against million pound slabs of hewn granite.
October 23, 2006
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