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How to Ask a Stranger if You Can Take Their Picture

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This post is part of a series called How to by Haiku.
How to Develop an Intuitive Eye for Photography
Photographs are Alive

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Backstage at the girlie show at the Vermont state fair Rutland
"Backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland. 1941 Sept. Jack Delano, photographer. Library of Congress.
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Jackson Couse
Jackson Couse
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Jackson Couse is a photographer, film maker, and the editor of the Tuts+ Photo & Video section.
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