Last year (and this year!) I had the honor of taking the photos for the ACLU of MA’s annual report. The report is here in PDF form if you want to read about what the ACLU of MA was up to last year, and I’ve posted some high res photos from it below.
The 2018 annual report was the first gig I did after having back surgery last year, and it was an great way to get back in the saddle after taking such a long, involuntary break. I drove nearly 300 miles, met a bunch of amazing people, and took so, so many photos. I’m glad I got to start working again by documenting plaintiffs, volunteers, activists, and lawmakers who are fighting for a better world.
Leo, who worked on the Yes on 3 campaign, poses in front of the Freedom Massachusetts office.Lucimar, a plaintiff in the Calderon v. Nielsen case, poses with her son at her home in Everett. ICE illegally imprisoned her after she went to a CIS office to validate her marriage, and the ACLU’s lawsuit put pressure on them to reunite her with her family.Nicole and Herschelle pose in front of the Springfield courthouse. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that misconduct at the state’s Amherst drug lab lead to them being wrongfully convicted.Cassandra (R), canvassing coordinator for the “What a Difference a DA Makes” campaign in Worcester, meets with her canvassers before a long day in the field.Carol, the ACLU of MA executive director, poses in the ACLU of MA’s office in Boston.Kade, the ACLU of MA’s technology for liberty director, poses against a mural in Boston.MA State Senate President Emerita Harriette Chandler and sponsor of the NASTY Women Act, poses in her office in the State House.Damaris stands in the school in Natick where she just voted for the first time.
My mom maintains a number of bird feeders, which attract the local wildlife. We get a lot of squirrels, but also a lot of dark-eyed juncos and house sparrows. The juncos are the gray-and-dun ones who look like a half-dipped Easter egg, and the house sparrows are varying shades of brown. On the flashier end…
Here’s another show from last year, in a performance style I had never imagined myself photographing: pantomime. Yes, Tufts has a mime troupe, and they booked me to photograph their spring 2018 show. Here’s what I witnessed.
After a little break I’m back with a new post for Icons of Arlington! I was homeschooled, so I’ve actually never set foot in Ottoson, but I’ve spent some time in these woods and it sounds like a whole lot of other people have too. An interesting little place.
Here’s PNDP assignment #5: to go to a Wonderland youth sports game and try to tell the story of it through photos. Also, to write a poem about it. I chose the Medford High School JV soccer team, photographed a game in disgusting rain, and wrote a poem inspired by this video. Even though The…
Arlington resident Jeffrey Alexander loves astronomy so much he shares his telescope with everyone in the summer. I went to one of his stargazing events last week. Read about it on Icons of Arlington.
Here are some photos from the solar eclipse. Since I was in the Boston area, I didn’t get to see a total eclipse, but the partial eclipse was still pretty cool. You don’t want to know how many filters I put on my lens to protect my sensor and eyes, though. Obviously, these pictures are…
