Iām honored by the tremendous reception that A Question of Balance has garnered over the last few weeks. I just learned that the @time cover received 2nd place for best magazine cover from the @nppa along with awards from @asme1963@poyipics and a number of nominations for other prizes and exhibitions that are still being juried. Iāll keep you posted. Congratulations to all of the other winners, Iām humbled to be in your company. A huge shout out to @photogeditor@katattack42 and @centercontemporarydoc who helped bring this work to life and of course to all of the people who shared their stories and lives with me on the Navajo Nation and in Washington County, Utah.
Florence
After a morning of herding sheepāa routine that begins before dawnāFlorence Neztsosie rests in her kitchen that was connected to the power grid for the first time just two weeks prior. At nearly 90 years old, she still lacks running water and relies on her grandson Eli to fill her tanks.
(Navajo Mountain, AZ ā December 2025)
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Florence Neztsosieās herd of sheep at the base of Navajo Mountain.
(Navajo Mountain, AZ ā December 2023)
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made w/ support from @magnumfoundation@centercontemporarydoc
A toxic kaleidoscope blooms below the Simplot Vernal Mine tucked away in Utahās Uinta Mountains. Phosphate is extracted by chopping the tops off these foothills to strip mine ore that, when refined, becomes the fertilizer that undergirds our agricultural industry. Left behind is a stew of arsenic, selenium, and other metals that leach into the groundwater and into the bodies of all that breathe.
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Supported by @centercontemporarydoc
As the American Southwest endures the worst drought in 1,200 years, a story told through two communities illustrates the deep inequities in water access, and a supply divided along racial lines.
Featuring: Elliot Ross, āA Question of Balanceā
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Did you know that there were female pilots in WWII? I hadnāt until @lucymurraywillis rang me for this rare opportunityāto photograph Nell Stevenson Bright, the last living WASP pilot. The Women Airforce Service Pilots flew with distinction and at times lost their lives, all without the benefits and protection their enlisted male counterparts had. Despite breaking barriers, Nell and the 1,000+ female pilots served with anonymity, and in the decades since, endured quiet erasure. āWe just did what needed to be done,ā shrugging off the idea that it was extraordinary. In Ellen Cushingās brilliant story in @theatlantic , history has begun to catch upāeven as the few exhibits across the country highlighting WASP history are being removed in the wake of the Department of Defenseās Gigachad rebranding. At 104 (āand a half!ā Nell adds with a wink), I met a woman with a mind sharper than most a quarter of her age. We spoke for the first two hours as the afternoon shadows deepened, the shot list burning a hole in my pocket. When it came down to making a few portraits, it turns out 104.5-year-olds couldnāt care less about your shot list. No matter, meeting Nell was a highlight of my careerāa vivid window to the past and a reminder of the progress weāve made as a societyāprogress we dare not take for granted.
