Photographsaredocuments,buttheyarealsoconstructions.Notknowingtheirhistories,I’mabletoimagineandinventnewones.ThechallengeofValeriaStreetwasthatIknewoneofthemen.ButIdidn'tknowthesituationdepicted,ortheotherpeoplearoundthetable.Ihadneverwitnessedhiminasituationlikethis.Hewenttoworkandhecamehome,andthatworldofworkwasamystery.Thephotographswereawkwardandartificial--astageddocumentationorre-creationofwhatwaslikelyarealevent,somekindofdocumentpresentationorsigning.
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