This thesis concerns aging, blindness, and deafness in the isolated Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan (UP). I investigated the effect of extreme isolation on Lauri Lappi, a 90-year-old lifelong male resident. This project was photographed and documented in Champion-Humboldt, Michigan after...
This thesis concerns suburban immigrant high school students growing up in Gaithersburg, MD that are apart of rising immigrant populations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area during later part of 2000s. Themes of isolation, assimilation, community, and adolescence are told in three parts -...
In August 2005, floodwaters driven by Hurricane Katrina breached the London Avenue Canal and caused widespread damage to the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. In the aftermath, the U.S. Government created and funded Road Home, a program intended to support rebuilding. The program has since...
This thesis concerns cultural difficulties and conflicts facing native Eskimos in the Bering Strait region of western Alaska. The question addressed was, what is the state and future of traditional native culture? This photojournalism project was filmed in the villages of Brevig Mission, Teller,...
The District of Columbia's Child and Family Services Agency introduced me to the family of two documented here. Photojournalism and audio clips depict the growing bond between a mother and adopted daughter, with unshared pasts to foster a new feeling of home. They have been together for just over...
Aqua America-PVR bought Riverdale Mobile Park for a water-withdrawal pipeline to transport water from the Susquehanna River to Marcellus Shale Formation to enable Hydraulic fracturing, "fracking" for natural gas. This profitable industry displaces whole communities caught in the middle and deemed...
This thesis concerns the multigenerational Jarrell family located in Van, West Virginia, and their relationship with coal mining. I set out to find what life is like living in a monoeconomy of coal, and discovered a family so strongly connected to this disappearing industry. This project adds to...
This thesis concerns three Amish families living in Shipshewana Indiana. This is an exploration of the idea that while they work to remain true to their roots, the identity of members of this Amish community is changing due to internal and external pressures. This project adds to the social...