Sabrina Bohn, owner of Sheer Rock Farms located in Santa Paula uses a common farming tool to replant a crop of radishes that failed to grow weeks before on Saturday, September 11, 2010 in Santa Paula, Calif. Kale, two species of beets, and radishes are the staple crop grown on the 19 acres of Sheer Rock Farms (PHOTO BY L.M. PARR/ BROOKS INSTITUTE ©2010).
Sabrina Bohn and day-worker, Tivo Juarez, groom a crop of radishes of weeds and dead plants on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at Sheer Rock Farms in Santa Paula, Calif. Bohn, with her husband and two day-workers, perform all the daily labor tasks required to maintain and groom 19 acres of farming property (PHOTO BY L.M. PARR/ BROOKS INSTITUTE ©2010).
Sabrina Bohn, owner of Sheer Rock Farms located in Santa Paula, examines a breed of hybrid tomatoes to be sold the following day at the Montrose Harvest Market in Montrose, Calif., on Saturday evening, September 11, 2010 on their farm property in Santa Paula, Calif. With help from husband, Kurt Bohn, they travel around Los Angeles to four weekly farmer's markets selling their organically grown produce (PHOTO BY L.M. PARR/ BROOKS INSTITUTE ©2010).
Sabrina Bohn tidies up her produce booth at the Friday's farmers market near Echo Park in Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, September 10, 2010. With a background in interior design, Bohn places a special emphasis on the presentation of her produce booth; using wicker baskets and print table clothes to only further the appeal of her crop (PHOTOS BY L.M. PARR/ BROOKS INSTITUTE ©2010).
Farmer's Market from Picture Story... The dreaded assignment.
However, I absolutely loved this project and had a lot of fun shooting it. It allowed me to truly do what I enjoy and spend a great deal of time with my subjects making a story, rather than just shooting singles in a day and abruptly entering and exiting someone's life.
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