Research-formerly incarcerated

This week, I started my research on the formerly incarcerated. Here are a few interesting quotes and concepts that I pulled out of Beyond Bars. -“The United States has the largest population of prisoners in the world. When we take a look at the statistics, the numbers are downright scary. Approximately 7 million people (juveniles … Continue reading →

Photographing!

This week was a pretty awesome week regarding Heartland Alliance. I was able to photograph for the first time and it felt mighty fine. I visited Harvest Common this morning at 10:30 and when I arrived only a few people had signed up to be photographed. Linda gave me a quick tour of the entire … Continue reading →

First Visit

This morning I was able to visit Harvest Commons for the first time. I arrived at the building and was greeted by a resident that was eager to direct me where to go. The building was really beautiful and Heartland preserved some of the original architecture from the old hotel. Here is a slide show … Continue reading →

Self Reflections

This week I have really been searching myself to remember the passion that exists in being a documentary photographer.  What are my roots in being an “activist photographer”? What is my role? Why have I always felt a calling for this practice? I was asked by a peer this week why I chose photography to … Continue reading →

Research

This week I met with Judy Natal at her studio to start some research on my topics and subject matter for the coming year. Before I go any farther, I just wanted to add how beautiful Judy’s studio is and that I am super envious of her space! Anyways, she asked me to do a … Continue reading →

The start of year two

Hey guys, My first week back to school has been crazy busy so apologies for the delay but welcome back to getting weekly posts from me! I have been thinking about this coming semester all summer and I am excited to dive in and engage with everyone at Columbia/Heartland Alliance again. This week I had … Continue reading →