This is Rachael Rivera. I can’t remember if we shot this picture before or after we did the “The Guitar Lesson” shoot. A very sweet young woman. I earlier reported that she was awaiting a heart operation. It turns out she has a new number and I was texting with someone named Cathy who has had Rachael’s old number for three weeks. After Cathy cleared up the mystery, I contacted Rachael through IG.
Rachael, I’m happy to say, is in Phoenix now, living with her fiancé, in perfect health.
The San Francisco Chronicle used to have a daily Junior Art Champion contest. I won it a couple times. I just noticed they published my address. Can you imagine that happening today?
The Chronicle sent the zinc cut used to make the letterpress plates with which they printed the news paper. This is the one for this image.
