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ON THE COVER Standing Together


by ERIN GRAHAM umkc, kansas city


MDA PHOTO CONTEST


people without people category


USPS 284-840; ISSN 0887-4646


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ERIN


GRAHAM is a dental student at UMKC and will graduate in 2014.


The People without People category included photos that give a sense of people without any person being in the image. Erin says in this image she attempted to capture the powerful feeling that one experiences when visiting an American War Memorial. “The rose in this photo shows that another life will always be remembered by loved ones.” She says that while spending Christmas in Belgium, it was a highlight to be able to visit this Cemetery to pay respect to those who gave their lives during World War II (Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Belgium).


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