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"I’d majored in photography, but had no job or money to set up my darkroom, so I used drawing to get my ideas out. Design friends saw the drawings and asked me to do pieces for them, and I enjoyed it. Thus began my illustration career."
©Whitney Sherman
Playing Favorites is an editorial illustration about sociologists studying the relationship between older parents and their children. Article tagline: "Of course a mother loves all of her children, but could it be true that she has a favorite?"