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In celebration of the bright and beautiful cover of our Spring Food Issue, our persimmon ‘Not A Tomato’ cap and green bean mug pair perfectly with an issue that explores what may look—and taste—simple but never is.

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Paul O'Mara


About

Paul O'Mara is a documentary and culture photographer living in Rome, Georgia. He worked on a steamboat, spent seven years in the Navy, became a real photographer. Flew in jets and helicopters, been to Athens and Cairo, El Centro, CA and Hibbing, MN. Was a Blue Angels photographer. Photojournalist for the Rome News-Tribune, got fired, became a working photographer. Saw an 8.4-meter mirror getting polished for The Giant Magellan Telescope. He has met Howard Finster, Bobby Lee Cook, and Bert Lance more than once. Maya Angelou dressed him down when she heard the click of his camera. Paul works best when he is in the middle of it.

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