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For a current problem of The New York Occasions Journal themed round retirement, the author Charley Locke and the photographer Victor Llorente needed to reply one query: How do Americans mark the end of their careers?
In February, Kathy Ryan, the journal’s director of images, and Shannon Simon, a photograph editor, pitched an thought for a photograph essay documenting the ultimate working days of Americans. They joined forces with Ms. Locke, Mr. Llorente and Mark Jannot, an editor on the journal, to see it by way of.
Starting in March, Ms. Locke and Mr. Llorente got down to seize a momentous transition within the lives of seven people who shared tales of pleasure, remorse and bittersweet enthusiasm about leaving the work drive.
“Their jobs are an enormous a part of who they’re,” Ms. Locke mentioned in a current dialog. “It is a transition with a variety of sophisticated feelings — worry, pleasure and feeling like their identification is altering.”
She interviewed the almost-retirees over a number of weeks. Mr. Llorente spent a few month touring throughout the nation to {photograph} the topics on their remaining days on the job. In mid-April, he noticed an expert D.J. spinning his final songs. Simply two weeks later, he shadowed a Postal Service employee on her remaining supply route.
