They drove away, leaving the school behind, ready to stitch together a story that was stranger, sadder, and more beautiful than fiction. The sequel was done, and for the first time all day, Leo felt like the camera had finally been turned off.
CandidHD First Day of School 2
There’s also a larger social narrative underlying a first day of school: institutions shaping individual life-courses, communities reproducing themselves through rituals, and the daily labor of teachers and staff that often goes unnoticed. In documenting this day, I tried to honor all those layers: structural, interpersonal, and personal. Each frame is a node in a larger web. candidhd first day of school 2