I photographed this beautiful young Woman on 8/15/2000 as she was protesting the U.S. imposed sanctions against Iraq. The protest took place directly in front of the Staples Center and attracted some 1,000 demonstrators. She holds one of the hundreds of small coffins that were made available by Artists to the protestors... each coffin representing an Iraqi child who has died as a result of the sanctions. Over 1.5 million Iraqis have died to date from the U.S. imposed sanctions.