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more portrait work last week for author/poet Devon Walker-Figueroa (@madamesosostris). 

Funny story, we plopped right next to a patch of poison ivy 🌱 to get the portraits featured here - thanks to Devon’s good eye + internal field guide, we w
soft-launched my portrait studio this month with a client, executive director of the Philadelphia Folklore Project (philafolklore) and poet/author Mia Kang. Many thanks to Mia for her patience and trust 🙏🏾

Enjoyed mixing constant + window light, e
some b+w frames from a work week in DC this month. 

#blackandwhite
In Situ - Shane Great

Back in July I asked my friend Shane if I could make some environmental portraits of him in his home studio, to kick off a project I’d been scheming on for some time. He graciously agreed, and I’m deeply grateful.
Opened my journal and saw something I wrote to myself a few months ago. Occurred to me that it might be something someone else needs to read, so sharing here:

Journal Entry, 5.28.24

Take it easy. 

On yourself. 

These last 5 years have been hard.
about a month ago my brothers @tanyamorganmusic celebrated the 15th anniversary of their sophomore EP, Brooklynati, with a concert at Brooklyn’s @cmoneverybodybk. Swipe left for a few photos I shot at the show.

Brooklynati marked my first offi
sunsets at home feat. grandmom.

we still here. 👊🏾
wax + wane.
had the distinct honor of photographing these two beauties’ union in some remote, beautiful place called Spencer, NY this past weekend. So excited to deliver these moments to @getagrip_10 and @wrenrene.

I also learned a lot this past weekend,
this is a @rashidzakat dramatic portrait account. 

#gfx50sii 
#mitakon65mmf14 
#makeportraits
the brothers three. 

2106-2017ish.

shot on portra through my old canon A2E (rip) on a walk through rapidly gentrifying north philly. wondering if this stoop is even there anymore tbh.
ethan + logan, hilton head SC, 2022.
Alexis at home, 2022.
rashid, 2022.

in studio, an outtake of our session.
Wale, 2022.

in studio.
more from the lost tapes.
mom & nephew on kodak gold, 2022.

#eos1000f 
#kodakgold200
at the @maselsigols residency I attended in september of 2019. 

in a horrible turn of events a bunch of camera equipment, a hard drive containing all of my work from the last near-decade, and my laptop was stolen last week. didn’t get it back.