I’m so proud that after months of documenting the detentions at 26 Federal Plaza, working without an assignment or pay, my work has finally been published as a portfolio by New York Magazine including this cover. Despite lots of distractions and a lack of material support, I stayed focused on the experiences and humanity of the immigrants who were trying to do the right thing by coming to their immigration hearings. I am so grateful to the team at New York Magazine for making this happen. Thank you! I hope these photos make some kind of impact for good. Please go to @nymag to see the entire portfolio and read the excellent reporting by Andrew Rice and Paula Aceves whose writing really brings the stories of the immigrants to life. #grateful for this opportunity to tell this story.
Thank you @poyipics for choosing my photo of Sam Bankman-Fried arriving at Federal court as a first place in the Portrait category. Thanks to @mountainlion6 for the assignment and for @bloomberg for the support 🙏🏻
Last year I was on the New York Times team covering the fatal Bronx fire and that team coverage is a Pulitzer finalist! Such an amazing team that I was but a cog in, but here are a few of the photos I took that were published for this important story.
Two nights (Sunday and Monday) and 3 galas that were not the Met Gala- the Debt Gala, The People’s Ball and the Resistance Red Carpet- all anti responses to the the Met Gala’s message of exclusion and extreme privilege. Many costumes, outfits and runways later, people were seen, messages heard and communities affirmed. New York City is filled with such creative people who all seemed unified in their message that they don’t want Billionaire overlords or huge wealth inequality or to be excluded in their own town. They want the people to be funded - no medical debt and tax the rich….say the people!
Debt Gala in Williamsburg raises money for medical debt, The People’s Ball at the Brooklyn Public library allows anyone to walk the runway, and Rise and Resist says “Tax the Rich, tax the Mother F***ing Rich!”
Keeping me eye on this deed theft story in BedStuy Brooklyn. An elderly man in Georgia was placed under a conservatorship. Conservatorships are supposed to act in the best interest of the elderly person but this one sold his house in BedStuy to a LLC against his wishes and his family’s wishes. Now the authorities are trying to kick the family out. There has been a large community response to this deed theft case including Chi Ossé getting arrested last week. This day many deed theft advocates spoke alongside other people experiencing deed theft of their properties. #bedstuy #brooklyn #nyc #deedtheft
Large protest outside of the 79th precinct in Brooklyn after marshals and police tried to evict Carmela Charington out of her Bed-Stuy home. Carmela showed me where the police had tried to break in and change the locks and put and eviction notice up. Earlier council member Chi Ossé had been arrested and he was later freed outside of the 79th to cheers of his many supporters. People are organized around the persistent problem of deed theft where older residents are cheated out of their properties by unscrupulous developers in gentrifying areas like Bed-Stuy.
Some snaps from Tegucigalpa the Capitol of Honduras- the largest city in what’s considered to be among the poorest and most dangerous countries in the world if not the western hemisphere.
Honduras has like over 50% of the population in extreme poverty. I met many people in the rural area that made $5 to $20 a day. Honduras also has reportedly one of the largest examples of income inequality in Latin America. Parts of the Capitol were very fancy. These photos are from a short time after working with the doctors in the rural area. #honduras
A couple things I’ve done in the past week. Friday I accepted my George Polk award for excellence in photojournalism, I wish I had a better photo of my son- he looked so nice! After the award ceremony, flew to Puerto Rico to meet my daughter and celebrate my birthday by being in a natural place in the mountains. (With peacocks!) Then off to Honduras, a three hour drive from the airport, the last hour on a dirt road, to a rural part of the south where I am working to document a free health clinic run by American doctors for all who come, at least 100 patients a day often more- people who come from all over the area because otherwise they could either not afford care or have care close enough to get to. Severe lack of affordable health care in this part of the world. More on this later #lifeupdate
Having coffee with Cubans: Before I traveled to Cuba, I made a big effort to improve my Spanish, studying daily. I really wanted to communicate directly with people, not through a translator. And I wanted to be able to say real things. While wandering through neighborhoods away from the tourist areas like Jesus Maria, Los Sitios, and Cayo Hueso, I met some of the friendliest people who would invite me into their homes for coffee and some conversation. There was a group of young people creating an art collective- and you can see some of their paintings, a retired ballet dancer with a myriad of memorabilia- including a photo of him with Fidel, a grandmother taking care of her grandchildren, a family visiting with their neighbor who had invited me to stay for dinner, and a woman cooking meals to go who lit her kitchen with a battery powered light.
I met all of these people while their neighborhoods were in a blackout. Despite not having any electricity and despite the generally harsh conditions of life in Cuba, they were so generous with me, generous with their time and patient with my spoken Spanish. #cuba
The protest group Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) held a Seder in the Streets and some of the group occupied the lobby of Palantir’s NYC office to protest their involvement with Trump’s ICE detentions #protest #nyc @hellgate #palantir
Humbled and pleased to share that three of my photos from 26 Federal Plaza ICE detentions have been selected for the book in the AI-AP competition
From just over 6,000 entries, the jury SELECTED 388 images by a majority vote or better to appear in the book and represent the best pictures from 2025.
Thank you to the judges!!! This year’s distinguished jury included: Sally Berman, Run Red Creative; Claire Caple, National Geographic; Chris Dougherty, Creative Consultant; Amelia Holowaty Krales, The Verge; Daisy Korpics, The Wall Street Journal; Virginia Lozano, NPR; Mark Murrmann, Mother Jones; Evan Oritiz, Airbnb; Emmalee Reed, CNN; Cate Sturgess, Vanity Fair; Amanda Webster, The New York Times; and Cassidy Zobl, Road & Track.
And of course thank you to Jody Quon and New York Magazine for the support.
@american_photography_winners
