{"id":9231,"date":"2017-09-15T09:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T13:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?p=9231"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:53:27","slug":"lifes-work-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/lifes-work-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Life&#8217;s Work, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is Part II of a personal portrait project that is\u00a0as much about social history as it is\u00a0art. \u00a0My inspiration for this project was a similar\u00a0one\u00a0by Irving Penn, which he did nearly 70 years ago. \u00a0You can read more about this, as well as some other thoughts about it, in Part I, here:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/lifes-work-part-i\/\">http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/lifes-work-part-i\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jim, mail carrier, Plymouth, NH.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9232 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