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18 in the Bay
What’s it like to be 18 right now?
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What’s it like to be 18 right now? This spring, Matter worked with a class of high school seniors in the San Francisco Bay Area to find the answer to that question. Through a series of projects — some written, others visual or digital — the students told their own stories and captured a vibrant portrait of their lives. Here is the result: A raw, raucous and very real of depiction of what it’s like to be an American teen today. (Photographs by Damien Maloney; illustrations by Jiro Bevis)

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