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Free Range Cousins, 2015
by Jennifer Stocks
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2016 Finalist
Sitters: Eli McKay, Mitch Stocks, Marli Pears, Will West Kennett, Dustin Stocks, Beau Stocks, Archie McKay, India Pears & Eden Stocks.
The obligatory 'cousin shot' during the school holidays has turned into so much more for me (the photographer and mother to four of the children in this image). This imperfect image perfectly reveals a great deal about each of these nine unique little humans.