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.
At the end of the summer, Casey and I went on one last date before he left for L.A. for the semester: dinner and a gigantic s’more milkshake at the Boston Burger Company.
The Arlington Reservoir recently closed for the season. I went to the last day, where dogs are allowed in the water. I wrote about the reservoir, and a little about the dogs, on Icons of Arlington.
I was the official behind the scenes photographer for the production of the Tufts Experimental College Director Howard Woolf’s film ‘Dust’ this summer. Here are some stills from day six. You can follow the film’s official Facebook page here. Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes posts — I took a lot of photos! Here are the behind-the-scenes photos for…
This gory pill art project, The Wound Will Not Heal, started with this mask I made at a Halloween Open Hacks at Technocopia. Jessica Sadlier suggested doing white tissue papier-mache over a painted underlayer for a creepy, realistic skin look. That mask got me thinking about other ways to use this skin effect, and that…
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.
