Fifteen-year-old girl posing in her Quinceanera dress   <br />
Havana, Cuba 2009.<br />
A young girl celebrates her fifteenth birthday as it marks her transition from childhood to womanhood. I was touched by the pride that each of these two people were feeling through their accomplishments. In one image this fifteen-year-old girl poses in her fluffy egg-yolk yellow Quinceanera dress, while just a few feet away, the fisherman has just caught a fish that he later told me fed his extended family for two nights.

Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit

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Fifteen-year-old girl posing in her Quinceanera dress
Havana, Cuba 2009.
A young girl celebrates her fifteenth birthday as it marks her transition from childhood to womanhood. I was touched by the pride that each of these two people were feeling through their accomplishments. In one image this fifteen-year-old girl poses in her fluffy egg-yolk yellow Quinceanera dress, while just a few feet away, the fisherman has just caught a fish that he later told me fed his extended family...
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  • Date: 27 Jun 2009
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