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SARAH BANKS

or this issue’s roundup of the best bars in the metro area, deputy photo editor Sarah Banks was tasked with not just photographing the one inch to the right. A few different locales were initially in the running for the coveted cover spot, but Three Saints Revival, a buzzy tapas and wine bar behind Union Station, quickly became the art team’s favorite. Despite the high stakes of capturing the perfect cover image, Banks has photographed enough of them in her nine years at that she no longer feels nervous. she says. “By the time the shoot date finally rolls around, I’m ready to go! The shoot is the fun part.” There was one thing, however, that was different about this go-around, Banks says: “This is my first cover where I both photographed it and appear in it.”

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