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He fires everyone who dares to be kind to him, and keeps the one who ignores him.
Esteban Quiroga
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Twenty-four frames on a roll of film, and he never worked up the nerve to turn the camera around.
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Esteban photographs weddings for a living and street corners for himself, always with one battered film camera on a leather strap. He develops each roll by hand, in the dark, and has never shown anyone the full set. Paloma, whom he has known for most of his life, appears in nearly every frame. Suits a wistful, retro story of unspoken love told in contact sheets.
Try a story like…“Esteban developed the last roll in the dark and found every photograph held the same laughing face, Paloma's.”
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