In September, the photographer gregmillerfoto travelled to Uvalde, Texas, to take portraits of kids who were waiting for the bus—a morning ritual that, for many parents, was now tinged with worry. See more of his images:
On the Monday morning after the Sandy Hook shooting, in 2012, the photographer Greg Miller and his wife waited at the edge of their driveway, in Mansfield, Connecticut, for the school bus to pick up their six-year-old daughter. “It’s a beautiful time, not school or home but this membrane between the two,” Miller said. “It’s when they say the most amazing things.
Parents in Uvalde asked the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, to call a special legislative session to restrict the purchase of semi-automatic rifles, to no avail. “I spent the whole summer contemplating whether I send them back or not,” Sophie’s mother, Theresa Hoskins, said. “Ultimately, my husband and I decided it would be their choice.” Sophie and her sister elected to return to school. “The nightmare is, what if they don’t come back?” Hoskins said.
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