{"id":1846,"date":"2013-10-22T09:36:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T14:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2013-10-22T01:37:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T06:37:48","slug":"our-differences-are-our-greatest-strengths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2013\/10\/22\/our-differences-are-our-greatest-strengths\/","title":{"rendered":"Our differences are our greatest strengths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of students here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morris.umn.edu\/\" title=\"University of Minnesota, Morris\">UMM<\/a> have arranged for several photographers to work with members of the growing Latino community in West Central Minnesota. I was paired up with Paul Cortes, who wished to be photographed with his girlfriend Keni Zenner. They chose the text for their signs, and we worked together to identify a number of different locations around the UMM campus; they particularly wanted to shoot in the greenhouse since that&#8217;s where they had their first date.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/10416861643\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3744\/10416861643_43feb02418_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the Welcome Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/10416718526\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2830\/10416718526_5fcab53eca_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the Welcome Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/10416722115\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3680\/10416722115_eb4e2610e3_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the greenhouse (B&#038;W)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/10416721735\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7300\/10416721735_aac2204a78_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the greenhouse (color)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/flickr\/\" title=\"Flickr\">Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/photograph\/\" title=\"photograph\">photograph<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/portraiture\/\" title=\"portraiture\">portraiture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/umm\/\" title=\"UMM\">UMM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/university-of-minnesota-morris\/\" title=\"University of Minnesota Morris\">University of Minnesota Morris<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/04\/04\/why-the-sudden-interest-in-feather-braids\/\" title=\"Why the sudden interest in &#8220;feather braids&#8221;? (4 Apr 10)\">Why the sudden interest in &#8220;feather braids&#8221;?<\/a> (3)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/05\/16\/reflecting-on-pasts-and-futures\/\" title=\"Reflecting on pasts and futures (16 May 10)\">Reflecting on pasts and futures<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of students here at UMM have arranged for several photographers to work with members of the growing Latino community in West Central Minnesota. I was paired up with Paul Cortes, who wished to be photographed with his girlfriend Keni Zenner. They chose the text for their signs, and we worked together to identify &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2013\/10\/22\/our-differences-are-our-greatest-strengths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Our differences are our greatest strengths&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[21,52,17,20,13],"tags":[105,525,840,225,158],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-tM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":400,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/11\/16\/science-buzz-from-morris-to-mn-and-beyond\/","url_meta":{"origin":1846,"position":0},"title":"Science buzz!!!  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