MELODY KO PHOTOGRAPHY

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Popcorn Sutton has spent his life making moonshine somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
   
Jazelle Martinez, 16, of Lawrence, Mass., dodges a maze ball, or “ball and chain.” Martinez is aspiring to compete in the Golden Gloves tournament this season.
   
Navy officer Miguel Saez raises the national flag every morning at the Espiritu Santo Lighthouse, situated on a remote tip of Patagonia, Chile.
     
  
   
  
Mary and Joseph El-Kareh celebrate 60 years of hair styling at their Vogue 2 Salon.
     
  
   
  
For 51 years, Bradford “Fuzzy” Leland, 54, has lived at the Fernald Development Center, a state institution for the mentally disabled. Gov. Mitt Romney plans to close the school by 2006 despite opposition from residents’ relatives.