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...that wasn't mine, don't blame me for him," Rick calls lamely to her disappearing form...
...weren't for Rick Stafford's quiet grin and easy manner of breaking into conversation with everyone he takes pictures of, for and with, nobody would notice him. It's his job to be at every Harvard event but not to be part of it--he must be off to the side while people have their great moments in life, as he must record their glory for them. His is a lonely job, so he always chats with those around him. He gets to know everyone from professors to administrators to football players in his travels. They all remember...
...Rick Stafford came to Harvard when he was 18 but he never took a course. Instead he's been working here full-time for the past 25 years. He feels he grew up here--he loves Harvard. His grandmother told him, "you either go to a big university or you work for one," but Rick hasn't gotten the education she hoped he would absorb from hanging around these ivy walls. He worked his way up from a caretakers job in the animal labs to his present position as photographer for the News Office. He wanted to be a photographer...
...that's enough, Rick," Gilbert says, smiling goodbye to the students. Rick takes their names for cutlines (the captions beneath pictures), then hurries to the door...
...Damn, damn, damn, damn!" she cries, then she grins, touches Rick's arm gently and walks off down the path. "Rick," she calls, not turning around, "that picture of me in People was awful...