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Thea Traff

Human connection through photography
Previously 📸 editor @time @newyorkermag NYC-based

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Rachel Weisz for @nytmag, out in print this coming weekend. Check out @alexandrakleeman’s piece on Weisz’s new psychological thriller “Dead Ringers.” It was an enormous gift to work with a subject so open and trusting of the ideas I brought to set. Rachel is as kind and brilliant as they come.

Thank you so much to @amykellner, @kathyryan and the whole team at @nytmag.

Photo assist: @curtiswallen @sicknansone
Styling: @seandn @szalaymiller
Make-up: @marywilesmakeup
Hair: @kevinryanhair
Studio: @tentonstudio
Talent rep: @rscapellan

And a shout out to my college buddy @poppyrepublic for a stellar performance in the series


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Rachel Weisz for @nytmag, out in print this coming weekend. Check out @alexandrakleeman’s piece on Weisz’s new psychological thriller “Dead Ringers.” It was an enormous gift to work with a subject so open and trusting of the ideas I brought to set. Rachel is as kind and brilliant as they come.

Thank you so much to @amykellner, @kathyryan and the whole team at @nytmag.

Photo assist: @curtiswallen @sicknansone
Styling: @seandn @szalaymiller
Make-up: @marywilesmakeup
Hair: @kevinryanhair
Studio: @tentonstudio
Talent rep: @rscapellan

And a shout out to my college buddy @poppyrepublic for a stellar performance in the series


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Rachel Weisz for @nytmag, out in print this coming weekend. Check out @alexandrakleeman’s piece on Weisz’s new psychological thriller “Dead Ringers.” It was an enormous gift to work with a subject so open and trusting of the ideas I brought to set. Rachel is as kind and brilliant as they come.

Thank you so much to @amykellner, @kathyryan and the whole team at @nytmag.

Photo assist: @curtiswallen @sicknansone
Styling: @seandn @szalaymiller
Make-up: @marywilesmakeup
Hair: @kevinryanhair
Studio: @tentonstudio
Talent rep: @rscapellan

And a shout out to my college buddy @poppyrepublic for a stellar performance in the series


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Mikhail Baryshnikov for @nytmag, fifty years after his defection from the Soviet Union.

Many thanks to the brilliant @nytmag team that was behind this one: @coralie.kraft @kathyryan @j_dims and David Carthas. Photographed in 2023, published in 2024.


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Mikhail Baryshnikov for @nytmag, fifty years after his defection from the Soviet Union.

Many thanks to the brilliant @nytmag team that was behind this one: @coralie.kraft @kathyryan @j_dims and David Carthas. Photographed in 2023, published in 2024.


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Mikhail Baryshnikov for @nytmag, fifty years after his defection from the Soviet Union.

Many thanks to the brilliant @nytmag team that was behind this one: @coralie.kraft @kathyryan @j_dims and David Carthas. Photographed in 2023, published in 2024.


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Mikhail Baryshnikov for @nytmag, fifty years after his defection from the Soviet Union.

Many thanks to the brilliant @nytmag team that was behind this one: @coralie.kraft @kathyryan @j_dims and David Carthas. Photographed in 2023, published in 2024.


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1 years ago

Mikhail Baryshnikov for @nytmag, fifty years after his defection from the Soviet Union.

Many thanks to the brilliant @nytmag team that was behind this one: @coralie.kraft @kathyryan @j_dims and David Carthas. Photographed in 2023, published in 2024.


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Mikhail Baryshnikov for @nytmag, fifty years after his defection from the Soviet Union.

Many thanks to the brilliant @nytmag team that was behind this one: @coralie.kraft @kathyryan @j_dims and David Carthas. Photographed in 2023, published in 2024.


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Tiler Peck’s second commission for The New York City Ballet, “Symphonie Espagnole,” premieres tonight with an ambitious cast of 40 dancers. Photographed for @giadk’s new piece for @nytimes. Thank you @lauraoneillnyc and @laurabrgmn!


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Tiler Peck’s second commission for The New York City Ballet, “Symphonie Espagnole,” premieres tonight with an ambitious cast of 40 dancers. Photographed for @giadk’s new piece for @nytimes. Thank you @lauraoneillnyc and @laurabrgmn!


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Tiler Peck’s second commission for The New York City Ballet, “Symphonie Espagnole,” premieres tonight with an ambitious cast of 40 dancers. Photographed for @giadk’s new piece for @nytimes. Thank you @lauraoneillnyc and @laurabrgmn!


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Tiler Peck’s second commission for The New York City Ballet, “Symphonie Espagnole,” premieres tonight with an ambitious cast of 40 dancers. Photographed for @giadk’s new piece for @nytimes. Thank you @lauraoneillnyc and @laurabrgmn!


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Tiler Peck’s second commission for The New York City Ballet, “Symphonie Espagnole,” premieres tonight with an ambitious cast of 40 dancers. Photographed for @giadk’s new piece for @nytimes. Thank you @lauraoneillnyc and @laurabrgmn!


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Tiler Peck’s second commission for The New York City Ballet, “Symphonie Espagnole,” premieres tonight with an ambitious cast of 40 dancers. Photographed for @giadk’s new piece for @nytimes. Thank you @lauraoneillnyc and @laurabrgmn!


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Because your feed needs more ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ content!

Photographed for @nytimes.

Thank you @amandalwebster for the heavy lift of production, direction, and editing that went into these 13 minutes. To @timhoffman_ for the brilliant lighting direction. And @gusselsprout for the great cinematography (video is online).


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Because your feed needs more ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ content!

Photographed for @nytimes.

Thank you @amandalwebster for the heavy lift of production, direction, and editing that went into these 13 minutes. To @timhoffman_ for the brilliant lighting direction. And @gusselsprout for the great cinematography (video is online).


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Because your feed needs more ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ content!

Photographed for @nytimes.

Thank you @amandalwebster for the heavy lift of production, direction, and editing that went into these 13 minutes. To @timhoffman_ for the brilliant lighting direction. And @gusselsprout for the great cinematography (video is online).


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Because your feed needs more ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ content!

Photographed for @nytimes.

Thank you @amandalwebster for the heavy lift of production, direction, and editing that went into these 13 minutes. To @timhoffman_ for the brilliant lighting direction. And @gusselsprout for the great cinematography (video is online).


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Because your feed needs more ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ content!

Photographed for @nytimes.

Thank you @amandalwebster for the heavy lift of production, direction, and editing that went into these 13 minutes. To @timhoffman_ for the brilliant lighting direction. And @gusselsprout for the great cinematography (video is online).


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Because your feed needs more ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ content!

Photographed for @nytimes.

Thank you @amandalwebster for the heavy lift of production, direction, and editing that went into these 13 minutes. To @timhoffman_ for the brilliant lighting direction. And @gusselsprout for the great cinematography (video is online).


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Because your feed needs more ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ content!

Photographed for @nytimes.

Thank you @amandalwebster for the heavy lift of production, direction, and editing that went into these 13 minutes. To @timhoffman_ for the brilliant lighting direction. And @gusselsprout for the great cinematography (video is online).


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Because your feed needs more ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ content!

Photographed for @nytimes.

Thank you @amandalwebster for the heavy lift of production, direction, and editing that went into these 13 minutes. To @timhoffman_ for the brilliant lighting direction. And @gusselsprout for the great cinematography (video is online).


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A few minutes with Anne last week for @nytimes’s @popcast!

Thank you @amandalwebster!


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A few minutes with Anne last week for @nytimes’s @popcast!

Thank you @amandalwebster!


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A few minutes with Anne last week for @nytimes’s @popcast!

Thank you @amandalwebster!


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A few minutes with Anne last week for @nytimes’s @popcast!

Thank you @amandalwebster!


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Writer Jay McInerney, photographed last week on the eve of his book launch, for @newstatesman.

Thank you @gerrylb.

(Forcing myself to get back on here!!!)


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Kate Winslet for @nytimes.


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A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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5 months ago

A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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5 months ago

A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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5 months ago

A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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5 months ago

A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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5 months ago

A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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5 months ago

A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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5 months ago

A few more favorites of the Fritz duo.

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, rehearse for their role as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker.

Thanks so much to @jolieruben. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy and @sab_nyc.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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5 months ago

Nobuaki Coté and Oliver Szin, two ten-year-old students at the School of American Ballet, star as “Fritz” in this year’s @nycballet production of The Nutcracker. It was a joy shadowing them as they rehearsed this fall. During the posed portraits, they directed me more than I directed them, and I loved every minute. 

Thanks so much to @jolieruben and @nytimes. Text by @giadk. Additional thanks to Amy Bordy, @sab_nyc, and @abbycurtis.photo.


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Tatiana Schlossberg for @newyorkermag, photographed this past Tuesday. Schlossberg writes for the magazine about receiving a terminal leukemia diagnosis at age 35, which she discovered hours after giving birth to her second child last May. She touches on the experience of being dependent on a strained healthcare system while her cousin, RFK Jr., wields his influence. You can find Tatiana’s essay on the front page of newyorker.com today.

Thank you Tatiana, @roybeeson, @nickrapaz, @noelletheard and @joannamilter.


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Tatiana Schlossberg for @newyorkermag, photographed this past Tuesday. Schlossberg writes for the magazine about receiving a terminal leukemia diagnosis at age 35, which she discovered hours after giving birth to her second child last May. She touches on the experience of being dependent on a strained healthcare system while her cousin, RFK Jr., wields his influence. You can find Tatiana’s essay on the front page of newyorker.com today.

Thank you Tatiana, @roybeeson, @nickrapaz, @noelletheard and @joannamilter.


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Myha’la, last August.

Photographed for @time.


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Myha’la, last August.

Photographed for @time.


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Ten years in the making, Ken Burns’s 12-hour documentary “The American Revolution” premieres this week on PBS. I joined him back in September for thirty minutes on a battlefield outside Saratoga Springs, NY where the first major patriot victory of the war took place. He believes that our current political climate isn’t unique to our time: “almost all of American history is division.”

Thank you @ericabackerberg @nytimes.


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Ten years in the making, Ken Burns’s 12-hour documentary “The American Revolution” premieres this week on PBS. I joined him back in September for thirty minutes on a battlefield outside Saratoga Springs, NY where the first major patriot victory of the war took place. He believes that our current political climate isn’t unique to our time: “almost all of American history is division.”

Thank you @ericabackerberg @nytimes.


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Ten years in the making, Ken Burns’s 12-hour documentary “The American Revolution” premieres this week on PBS. I joined him back in September for thirty minutes on a battlefield outside Saratoga Springs, NY where the first major patriot victory of the war took place. He believes that our current political climate isn’t unique to our time: “almost all of American history is division.”

Thank you @ericabackerberg @nytimes.


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6 months ago

Ten years in the making, Ken Burns’s 12-hour documentary “The American Revolution” premieres this week on PBS. I joined him back in September for thirty minutes on a battlefield outside Saratoga Springs, NY where the first major patriot victory of the war took place. He believes that our current political climate isn’t unique to our time: “almost all of American history is division.”

Thank you @ericabackerberg @nytimes.


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6 months ago

Ten years in the making, Ken Burns’s 12-hour documentary “The American Revolution” premieres this week on PBS. I joined him back in September for thirty minutes on a battlefield outside Saratoga Springs, NY where the first major patriot victory of the war took place. He believes that our current political climate isn’t unique to our time: “almost all of American history is division.”

Thank you @ericabackerberg @nytimes.


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