Photograph of an African-American barber as he glances at the television during a cut.

Lancaster, California just outside the Mojave Desert.

The photographer, Shavar Ross, is best remembered as a child actor. He played “Dudley”, Gary Coleman’s best friend on the hit 1980’s television show “Diff’rent Strokes”. An up-and-coming film director, Shavar releases, “Lord Help Us”, a romantic comedy, his feature film directorial debut, in May 2007.

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