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The Apron Strings of Savannah - Edgar Oliver Option 3

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“All throughout my childhood we drove obsessively, at least 200 miles a day, sometimes 300.”

Photo by Sarah Stacke

The genesis story of a true bohemian: two children, one spectacularly eccentric mother and Savannah, Georgia.

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Jan 25, 2006

16:25

Helen and Edgar pose for pictures in a photobooth.

Helen, Edgar and a friend in a cafe in Paris.