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Tecumseh, MO
AUGUST 2005
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Do Your Own Thing
Photograph by Maria Stenzel

Cleaning up the commmunal kitchen is a job that East Winders classify as "hard to assign"—which means everyone must take a turn. Exactly how the work gets done, though, remains a very personal thing. It's all part of East Wind's ethos, which rejects many traditional notions about labor, wealth, marriage, and relations between the sexes. "An older guy here asked me if I wanted to have a three-month affair," says one of the commune's younger women. "You've got to respect a man who doesn't have a fear of commitment."

Photo Fast Facts
Camera: Canon EOS 10D
Film Type: Digital
Lens: 16mm
Speed and F-Stop: 1/45 @ f/2.8
Weather Conditions: Indoors
Time of Day: 4:28 p.m.
Lighting Techniques: Available light
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