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Collected Item: “San Francisco Street Photographer Captures Essential Workers in Masks”

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San Francisco Street Photographer Captures Essential Workers in Masks

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

TikTok video

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Street photographer, Alex Stemplewski, is working to capture photographs of essential fast food and retail workers across San Francisco during the COVID-19 pandemic. These TikTok videos show Alex visiting a variety of fast food and retail stores in San Francisco and capturing stunning images of the people he encountered at each location.

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HST580, ASU, #sanfranciscobayarea, masks, essential workers, fast food, retail, photography, art

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Alex Stemplewski, @alex.stemp

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2020-05-30
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