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Absorbing Details in the Classroom: Photographs of Schoolroom Interiors

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The semester is well underway in many U.S. schools and, by now, one would expect their classrooms to have acquired what my family referred to as the “lived-in look.” One of my favorite photo detail explorations is to peer closely at classrooms—particularly what appears at students’ seats, on the chalkboards and adorning the walls—and to …