Rebecca McCarthy with photographs by Sean Dunn

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Hope in the Metal

Harold Rittenberry Jr., an 85-year-old sculptor in Athens, Georgia, uses welding torches and saws to find the hope inside of scrap metal.

By Rebecca McCarthy with photographs by Sean Dunn /

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Rebecca McCarthy with photographs by Sean Dunn

Hope in the Metal

By Rebecca McCarthy with photographs by Sean Dunn /

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