Portraits
Leland Fawcette,21, a YouTuber, got into an altercation where he said, "Women do not have a say in these issues,” outside of a Boston Police precinct on May 30, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest. The live streaming YouTuber was attacked, had his phone taken and smashed, and was punched in the face.
Melanie Meade of the Black Appalachian Coalition stands outside her home, which overlooks the Clairton Coke Works factory on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Clairton.
Joe Libran poses with his custom wrapped Suzuki on Sept. 29, 2021, at Cobb’s Hill in Rochester, N.Y. Libran was inspired by the chrome-wrapped cars he saw in Miami.
A World-Wolrd-Two Veteran, 2016.
Mary W. Murrin, President & CEO of River of Steel, stands inside Carrie Furnace on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Rankin.
Colgan Johnson poses for a portrait in a studio on May 4, 2018, in Natick, Mass.
An extra playing a merchant/vendor in “The Chosen” is pictured on the set at the Salvation Army's Camp Hoblitzelle in Midlothian, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022.
Jacqueline Young, Executive Director of Jazz Workshop Inc., stands in front of The Jazz Workshop’s building on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Wilkinsburg.
Jaeylon Rashaad Johnson, a 21-year-old Rochester native has answered his personal call to activism by becoming a main leading figure of the Black Live Movement in Rochester, NY. He can be seen in the front leading marches, speeches, and planning protests. He has been in and out of juvenile detention since he was 13 and explained, “I have friends that aren’t coming at home, I have friends that literally are locked up for life because they've been blamed for things they didn't do. They've been beaten up brutally beat up, don't look the same no more, killed. I'm never gonna be able to see them again, so me doing this work is gonna help it's gonna change everything, And I'm just glad that I'm on the right side of this work on the right side of history right now.”
A woman poses in front of her house in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on March 9, 2018. Through A translator stated, “Both houses next to mine were destroyed,” six months after Hurricane Maria, which landed on September 20th, 2017.
Blake Bockholt poses for a portrait inside of his bedroom in his Syracuse home on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Bockholt struggles with symptoms from long COVID-19.
Ashley McCollum sits in her family’s hotel room, which they have been living in since March, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in Columbiana. Ms. McCollum was displaced out of her home in East Palestine, Ohio, after the toxic Norfolk Southern train derailment.