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December 29, 2004 Travis Long
Amy Lorang gives a thumbs up as she serves hot green tea during a Kosher Chinese dinner following a sing-along and audience participation viewing of "Fiddler on the Roof," Christmas Day at the Hilllel Building on the UNC Chapel Hill campus. The event was sponsored by the Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community Without Walls. "It's tradition for Jews to eat Chinese and watch a movie on Christmas because nothing else is open," said Lorang, who spent more than 25 hours preparing the feast that fed 120. "People don't always realize not everyone celebrates Christmas. This was a way for us to do something different."
About This Project


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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