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August 11, 2004 June Lee [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
Dressing up in hanbok, or traditional Korean ceremonial clothing, 21-year-old Katie Walsh bursts into laughter at tying her gorum, or ribbon, the wrong way during Camp Moo Gung Hwa, a culture camp for Korean adoptive families at Duraleigh Presbyterian Church in Raleigh. "I felt like a doll. So dressed up and very pink." said Katie, who has been a counselor in the program for nine years and was wearing hanbok for the first time. One of the adoptive families who visited Korea this summer came back with numerous hanboks, which were donated by Korean adoption agency and sold for fundraising at the event.
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Takaaki Iwabu
"No Ordinary Day" is a visual diary of the events, both large and small, that serve as milestones in people's lives. It debuted on March 24, 2002 and concluded on Aug. 29, 2007. We hope you continue to enjoy looking at our archive of “No Ordinary Day” images.


Travis Long
The column is a celebration of the struggles, triumphs and tears we experience as we travel from birth to death. Our goal was to document moments in time that might otherwise be missed; sometimes it's the tiniest incident in one's life that has the most profound effect. When on assignment for the column, we looked for that one photo that tells a whole story. Some are the result of a found moment we came across on our daily assignments or our daily existence. For others, we thought of a specific event, like a first haircut or last dance, and sought out a subject who might illustrate the idea.

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