Top: Alexis Hunt and Cedrick DeBerry, both seven, in Bronzeville

McLean: “Food deserts is something we wanted to tackle with students. We wanted to capture the resiliency of black children against the backdrop of systemic oppression, in the form of a Food & Liquor. We chose this image for O is for obstacle, to allow students a space to unpack what elements of their world create obstacles for them but may not exist for children who live 12 miles north of them in the same city.”