Artist Deborah Macy enjoys a good laugh at something David says as he works on his painting. David Danis, who has Down syndrome, attends his weekly art class with local artist Deborah Macy at her studio in New Bedford, MA.
(photo 1) The sun casts its warm glow onto the clouds above, as it rises behind the iconic Butler Flats lighthouse in the south end of New Bedford, MA. (photo 2) A police officer looks on, as the driver of the vehicle which crashed into the entrance of the New Bedford Credit Union on Purchase Street in downtown New Bedford, moves to open the rear door of the car. PHOTOS PETER PEREIRA