In 1997, Peter von Ziegesar, a freelance writer living in New York, called me. Peter began by asking if I remember the day we went to pick-up his stepbrother at who was in prep school at the time. I said, yes I do.

"Well, that same boy has been living on the streets for years now and I have started getting involved in trying to help him."  

Peter went on toexplain
  • November, 1997, New York City-Peter and his brother ride the A Train downtown to get a haircut for Peter the younger.
  • November 1997-First day of photography. Peter chose a barber shop below street level on 14th Street and 6th Ave for his haircut.
  • November 1997-Peter reacts to the camera while on the barber's chair.
  • November 1997-After the haircut Peter and his brother stand on Houston Street, New York, wondering what to do next.