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    Jun 01, 2020 3 minutes

    Steel Amid the Fire

    In 2014, New York–based photographer traveled to Venezuela to document a growing wave of antigovernment protests. She immediately fell in love with the country, and what began as a routine news assignment grew into an ongoing photo series, (“Make Me a Little Miracle”). Named for a song about revered Venezuelan saint Maria Lionza, the series focuses primarily on the situation from a woman’s perspective. While acknowledging that she will never fully understand the Venezuelan experience, Keyssar hopes that her photos reflect “a complexity and humanity and sense of reverence for beauty that

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