“There is a knee upon the neck of democracy & our nation can only live so long without the oxygen of freedom.”
Martin Luther King Jr. III
Witnessing this speech at the historic March on Washington in DC last August was one of the most moving experiences I’ve had in my life. Dr. King spoke through his son and his granddaughter that day. I felt it as well as everyone else there. I cried in the middle of the press pit listening to Yolanda Renee King. People all around me were crying. It was truly a historic moment to be a part of. I hope this short piece helps encapsulate the importance of #MLKJR’s impact on our world. His family has propelled his legacy like a slingshot through history, from the #CivilRights movement, into today’s Black Lives Matter movement.
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In order of appearance: The great Martin Luther King Jr. III Layla Bayley, a 16 year old Queen in the making. She has an entire hand made clothing line! Support a young #BlackOwned business & check out her work at @SweetXNoHeart on Instagram! Selwyn Jones, George Floyd’s Uncle. He is working hard fighting for justice for his nephew and his family every day. Yolanda Renee King, MLK Jr’s granddaughter. A fierce Queen whose presence can be felt inside the soul of our nation. LISTEN TO HER. I want to thank all of my donors for helping me make the trip to DC a reality. This is one of the most important moments I have ever captured.
It is just a small fraction of what I shot while in our nation's capital during this moment's time in history. More to come soon! ✊🏽 #MarchOnWashington #IHaveADream #BLACKLIVESMATTER #LoveWins #SteadyJenny
Martin Luther King Jr. III
Witnessing this speech at the historic March on Washington in DC last August was one of the most moving experiences I’ve had in my life. Dr. King spoke through his son and his granddaughter that day. I felt it as well as everyone else there. I cried in the middle of the press pit listening to Yolanda Renee King. People all around me were crying. It was truly a historic moment to be a part of. I hope this short piece helps encapsulate the importance of #MLKJR’s impact on our world. His family has propelled his legacy like a slingshot through history, from the #CivilRights movement, into today’s Black Lives Matter movement.
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In order of appearance: The great Martin Luther King Jr. III Layla Bayley, a 16 year old Queen in the making. She has an entire hand made clothing line! Support a young #BlackOwned business & check out her work at @SweetXNoHeart on Instagram! Selwyn Jones, George Floyd’s Uncle. He is working hard fighting for justice for his nephew and his family every day. Yolanda Renee King, MLK Jr’s granddaughter. A fierce Queen whose presence can be felt inside the soul of our nation. LISTEN TO HER. I want to thank all of my donors for helping me make the trip to DC a reality. This is one of the most important moments I have ever captured.
It is just a small fraction of what I shot while in our nation's capital during this moment's time in history. More to come soon! ✊🏽 #MarchOnWashington #IHaveADream #BLACKLIVESMATTER #LoveWins #SteadyJenny
On October 26, 2020, Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black American, was fatally shot by Philadelphia police officers Sean Matarazzo and Thomas Munz in Cobbs Creek, #Philadelphia, #Pennsylvania. This is the street where Walter lived in #WestPhiladelphia. The family had repeatedly expressed to the police that Wallace was in the middle of a mental health crisis. Nevertheless, each officer fired several rounds at Wallace, who later died from his wounds in the hospital. Selwyn and I came here while in #Philly last week to reflect how much has changed since his late nephews murder, and how much hasn’t... We’re working on a long term project in the coming months & I wanted to share what I could about what I’ve been doing since the #MarchOnWashington.
#BlackLivesMatter even though the algorithms brought your newsfeed back to boring... #SayTheirNames #JusticeForGeorge846 #WalterWallaceJr #LoveWins #SteadyJenny
#BlackLivesMatter even though the algorithms brought your newsfeed back to boring... #SayTheirNames #JusticeForGeorge846 #WalterWallaceJr #LoveWins #SteadyJenny
#BlackLivesMatter
2020
A beautiful, peaceful protest in Downtown Santa Ana, during a very tumultuous time in our nation's history.
My social media has additional locations and actions that I've covered from Portland to DC.. Many more to upload soon!
A beautiful, peaceful protest in Downtown Santa Ana, during a very tumultuous time in our nation's history.
My social media has additional locations and actions that I've covered from Portland to DC.. Many more to upload soon!
Inaugural Me Too Survivors March
2017
So proud of this collaborative group of activists for putting together such a LEGIT action. Together we produced the inaugural Me Too Survivors March and made sure that #MeToo Founder, Tarana Burke, marched with us.
#MeToo #MeTooMarch #LoveWINS #SteadyJenny
So proud of this collaborative group of activists for putting together such a LEGIT action. Together we produced the inaugural Me Too Survivors March and made sure that #MeToo Founder, Tarana Burke, marched with us.
#MeToo #MeTooMarch #LoveWINS #SteadyJenny
On Assignment in Israel & Palestine
2011
I took these images on assignment as a recent graduate from University of California, Irvine. I traveled throughout Israel, Palestine, & Jordan for three weeks in the Summer of 2011, speaking with over 80 influential people & organizations both on the ground and in government. We constantly traveled through checkpoints, visiting numerous cities including Bethlehem, Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Hebron, Amman, Jenin, Qalqilya, Ariel, East & West Jerusalem, Haifa, & many more. We visited three refugee camps, met in the Knesset with members of the Netanyahu administration, met members of Fatah, spoke with various non-profit organizations such as Bt’Selem, Wi’am, the Parent Circle, OCHA (a division of the UN), & The Quartet, amongst others. We also had the honor of meeting with His Excellency Prince Hassan of Jordan, as well as members of the Jordanian Senate.
Recognizing how much of an honor it was to meet with all of these highly esteemed diplomats & respected people, the most rewarding of all these experiences was connecting & speaking with the ordinary citizens who live in this conflict every day of their lives. They brought a human aspect to the entire experience that cannot be read in a book or seen on the news. I feel in this informational age each of us possess the power to be our own media, so we can free ourselves of the incessant biased outlets that surround us everyday. I took over 4,000 images in the region with the intent of spreading awareness to people who might not otherwise know or care about what is going on in this war torn region of the globe.
The psychological gaps in this conflict play a much larger role in preventing peace than the actual gaps do, and it is my intention to lessen this gap through photography. I recently won RAW Artists Photographer of the Year in 2012 for this body of work. However, I feel this project is bigger than me because it is not only me who has won - it helped shed light on an entire region of people who have suffered for too long without recognition & equity. This is only a small fraction of the photos I took for this ongoing & consistently challenging study.
Try to view these photos as a visual story. Please do not disregard the captions, as seeing the photos alone may leave things out of context.
I took these images on assignment as a recent graduate from University of California, Irvine. I traveled throughout Israel, Palestine, & Jordan for three weeks in the Summer of 2011, speaking with over 80 influential people & organizations both on the ground and in government. We constantly traveled through checkpoints, visiting numerous cities including Bethlehem, Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Hebron, Amman, Jenin, Qalqilya, Ariel, East & West Jerusalem, Haifa, & many more. We visited three refugee camps, met in the Knesset with members of the Netanyahu administration, met members of Fatah, spoke with various non-profit organizations such as Bt’Selem, Wi’am, the Parent Circle, OCHA (a division of the UN), & The Quartet, amongst others. We also had the honor of meeting with His Excellency Prince Hassan of Jordan, as well as members of the Jordanian Senate.
Recognizing how much of an honor it was to meet with all of these highly esteemed diplomats & respected people, the most rewarding of all these experiences was connecting & speaking with the ordinary citizens who live in this conflict every day of their lives. They brought a human aspect to the entire experience that cannot be read in a book or seen on the news. I feel in this informational age each of us possess the power to be our own media, so we can free ourselves of the incessant biased outlets that surround us everyday. I took over 4,000 images in the region with the intent of spreading awareness to people who might not otherwise know or care about what is going on in this war torn region of the globe.
The psychological gaps in this conflict play a much larger role in preventing peace than the actual gaps do, and it is my intention to lessen this gap through photography. I recently won RAW Artists Photographer of the Year in 2012 for this body of work. However, I feel this project is bigger than me because it is not only me who has won - it helped shed light on an entire region of people who have suffered for too long without recognition & equity. This is only a small fraction of the photos I took for this ongoing & consistently challenging study.
Try to view these photos as a visual story. Please do not disregard the captions, as seeing the photos alone may leave things out of context.
Bethlehem
Qalquilia
Try to view these photos as a visual story. Please do not disregard the captions, as seeing the photos alone may leave narratives out of context.