@aja22wilson for the @espn@andscape story: ‘I wanted my shoe to be perfect’: The story behind A’ja Wilson’s debut Nike A’One by Aaron Dodson.
Thank you @tonyspinelliphoto for trusting me with this and the encouragement to have fun!
Big thank you to @theshootingbeauty on the photo assist!! Could not have done this without you! We had 7 whole minutes to make some magic and WE did that shit. So thankful for you.
BTS video credit: @theshootingbeauty
"By most accounts, one Black-owned brick-and-mortar whole-hog barbecue restaurant sits atop best-of lists across North Carolina: Grady’s BBQ in tiny Dudley, near Goldsboro in Wayne County. Run by 81-year-old Geral Grady and her family, it’s one of the last of its kind.
Grady’s late husband, Steve, learned the craft of whole-hog barbecue from his father. And for nearly 40 years, they perfected it.
Geral still shows up at Grady’s BBQ four days a week, checking the beans, tasting the slaw, and connecting with customers, while her son Scottie handles the pit. His wife, Sharon, works alongside him.
“We take it one day at a time,” Geral says. “You put your hand in God’s hand and step out on faith.”"
Photos of Gerald Grady at Grady BBQ for @theassemblync
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I guess the saying that time flies when you're having fun is true, because I can't believe it's already been 10 years.
Happy Anniversary to the human I love more than anything, @drmwatson !! Excited for the next 10!
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Day seven of posting about my @illuminateclasses photo composition class and my last because it starts tomorrow, March 9th. Not teaching again until the fall, so be there or be square. Link in my bio.
Day six of posting about my @illuminateclasses photo composition class until it starts on Monday, March 9th.
These photos at an abortion clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina of clinic escorts and defenders, the evangelical anti-abortion group Love Life and anti-abortion activist Flip Benham, the former director of Operation Rescue, are for a deep dive story by @kbeccaandrews in @motherjonesmag titled 'Inside the Latest, and Scariest, Iteration of America’s Endless Abortion Wars: After Trump’s mass pardons of anti-abortion activists, threats and harassment at clinics have surged.'
Composition is so important to photographing stories like these. My class is a three-week deep dive into composition, with daily feedback and weekly video chats to give you all the tools and tweaks to raise the bar with your photos. Link in my bio for more info and registration information.
Day five of posting about my @illuminateclasses photo composition class until it starts on Monday, March 9th. These photos of Buckroe Beach in Hampton, VA are part of a project for @southernenvironment titled Plantations to Pollution. Buckroe Beach, a few miles from where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, was once a plantation. It was also a segregated beach during Jim Crow where Black people built a resort called Bayshore Beach. The history of oppression runs deep here which is why it feels special to see so much Black joy on this land and in these waters.
Photo composition is so important to storytelling. My class is a three-week-long deep dive on composition with daily feedback and weekly video chats to give you all the tools and tweaks to raise the bar with your photography. Link in my bio for more info and registration information.
Day four of posting about my @illuminateclasses photo composition class until it starts on Monday, March 9th. These are photos from a recent story for @nytimes titled 'Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners'. I hung out with @helloangeline.r on a Sunday afternoon while she thrifted and jammed out to her iPod Nano.
Want to know more about my approach to shoots like these? My class does just that with a three-week deep dive into composition, including daily feedback and weekly video chats to give you all the tools and tweaks to raise the bar on your photography. Link in my bio for more info and registration information.
Day three of posting about my @illuminateclasses photo composition class until it starts Monday, March 9th. The kids want new Legos and I want to keep helping other photographers make dope-ass photos. Link in my bio!
Photos from the final days of North Carolina’s primary election, including coverage of U.S. Reps. Valerie Foushee and Tim Moore and U.S. Senate Republican candidate Michael Whatley, for @bloomberg .
Also, this is day two of reminding you that I have a photo composition class starting on Monday, March 9th, over at @illuminate . Link in my bio.
@SouthernEnvironment sat down with @CornWhizzle to talk about his work for the Plantations to Pollution storytelling series:
"I really want people to think about how history impacts the present and how some of these systems that we talked about in the past are still present, but in a different way. I want people to see images and think:
- What is my part in this story?
- What can I do to dismantle some of these barriers that were built specifically for these communities so we can have a more just and equitable society for everyone?"
Head to SELC.org to check out the Q&A and the project to learn how the legacy of slavery connects to environmental justice issues today.
