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June 27, 2009
June 27, 2009
Smoky Trees
Photograph by Cabell Cox
This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel and Culture Photos
On a recent trip to a small town on the Brazilian/Bolivian border, I found this man tending a burning field of debris and vegetation. Something as mundane as this may seem like a daily, necessary chore to one man, while offering a symbolic portrait of tranquil repose to another.
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