1954“This came from my high school English teacher, who taught me creative writing. He actually wrote this phrase in my yearbook.

”He was kind of a gruff character and he didn’t bestow a lot of praise onto his students. It really made me think about what I want to do, and that I wanted to continue with creative writing.”

Our subject is Ashley Fleckenstein. Taken outside a boulangerie close to the Place de la Republique, Paris, France.