What an honor to discover I made a list of best street photographers in Denver by Peerspace. I didnt even know about this until another street photographer on Instagram put it in his stories. I’ve never made a ‘Best of list’ and feel this is such an accomplishment to know that people are recognizing my work.
My First Newspaper Assignment with Denver Voice
I recently become a contributor to the Denver Voice, a free newspaper here in Denver that facilitates a dialogue addressing the roots of social injustices while offering economic, educational, and empowerment opportunities to impoverished communities.
I was thrilled to receive my first assignment, photographing a Covid-19 vaccination event at Lincoln High School. The vaccination clinic was focused on Latino’s & minorities, which make up less than 30% of Denver’s Covid vaccinations. The event didn’t have a high turnout but it was great experience shooting my first assignment for a news organization.
Juneteenth 2021
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Denver is one of the biggest Juneteenth celebrations in the country and this year President Biden signed Juneteenth into law as a Federal Holiday. The Denver Five Points neighborhood came up and showed out with so much support and Black Pride for this years celebration. From Hip-Hop & Jazz music, majorettes, dancers, black Caribbean flavor and car rally this years event was spectacular!
My Best Photos of 2020
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This year was….well everyone knows what happened this year. The pandemic forced me to not get out as much as I would’ve liked this year. However, I was able to get out here and there and shoot some interesting and meaningful images and got to work with some new and returning faces!
These are my best images of 2020!
Brittany Reese (far right) of Fit & Nu health club teaches yoga and healthy lifestyle tips to a diverse group of woman of color.
Two gentlemen enjoy a cigarette.
Aiyanna, a high school Senior, poses for her senior portrait.
A mural highlighting the importance of Black woman and paying respect to many Black woman killed by police brutality is on display in Denver’s Civic Center Park. Many artistic displays for the Black Lives movement on display throughout the city.
Chaka (top), his wife April and their son Azul pose holding up the Black Power fist. 2020 was a striking year for racial injustice and the Black Power movement.
Two Denver police offers stroll on down Denver’s 16th St Mall.
Burlesque dancers perform during “The In/Side” show.
Queen Serpentine, a member of Boulder Burlesque poses for a portrait.
Miss Margarita poses for a portrait after performing for Boulder Burlesque.
Ashlynn Manning of the band Trickster Carousel poses for a night portrait.
Challona Coleman poses for a portrait as one of her favorite comic book characters ‘The Joker’.
Workers re-paint traffic markings in downtown Denver.
Model Layah Jarman poses for an implied nude portrait.
People walk around wearing masks while walking outside due to Covid-19 safety protocols.
The strain of Covid-19 shows on the faces of many people.
Diversify Photo Up Next Photographers
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Earlier this year I applied to be a member of Diversify Photo, an organization that promotes diversity among photographers. Diversify allows photographers who are people of color into a database where editors at major media companies to seek diverse visual storytellers. I’m happy to announce that my work was seen and selected for the ‘Photographers Up Next’ section. According to Diversify, my photo work is in the process of moving to the next step of having engaging visual stories from a photographer that is a person of color. I’m looking forward to continuing to build my photo work and see what stories I tell going forward