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.
A Blue Fleet welder makes his way up the ladder of the fishing boat Endurance, to repair an outrigger in New Bedford, MA.  PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
A woman walks past pentacles hanging inside of Sanctum Folklorica on Purchase Street in downtown New Bedford, MA.  PHOTO PETER PEREIRA