Old photos, new lessons

After losing her job, a young photojournalist looks back with fresh eyes at the people she photographed for a small paper in Vermont

Max Leclaire
(Image credit: Maddie McGarvey)

Photographer Maddie McGarvey frames her unemployment, much like the pictures she takes, from a variety of angles: Surprise, sadness, and even appreciation.

Just a year into her first "real" job as a staff photographer with the Gannett-owned Burlington Free Press in Vermont, McGarvey became a statistic in the parent company's recent round of layoffs.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.