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This is a shot I took of a group of young women in basic training who

are seeing themselves for the first time with their faces painted

with camoflauge.

I think it's one of the more honest moments I captured in my career

as a photojournailst. Everyone was so curious, and they all had the

same reaction. I imagained that only a few weeks earlier they could

have been holding a similar mirror as they put on make-up. This

moment, I think, is of a transition that all soldiers make, but it is

especially interseting to me because they are women.