A prom couple caught in a quiet moment alone.

I've been photographing the prom and homecoming as part of my job with the newspaper for eight years - and, to my surprise, each year it's as fresh as the first - unlike many other annual events I've photographed over and over. I decided it's the kids who make it that way. They arrive in stretch limos, army trucks, tractors, Hummers, antique cars and in horsedrawn carriages. Family members - and many other people from the community - turn out to line a red carpet that leads from their vehicles into the prom. Their names are announced, the crowd cheers and takes photos. Hollywood premiere-style stuff without the slightly bored, been-there-done-this expressions.
At the first prom I went to, I spotted an elderly man toting his oxygen tank, standing and watching the kids. "Look at them," he said in response to my question as to why he was there. "They are all so beautiful."
They are. It's what keeps it fresh every time I go.