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.
Content warning: stylized images of guns and execution by electric chair. More from the archive: here are my photos of the dress rehearsal of Tufts Torn Ticket II’s production of Assassins. You can see some of the promotional headshots I did for the show here. I loved the lighting design they chose for this show!
Towards the end of the fall semester, Tufts Dining always has holiday-themed dinners. The desserts are to die for. Also, I’ve noticed that I always, always photograph the wrong end of asparagus.
Did we have a great time baking at Lilli’s? Yes. Did I get a single picture of Lilli that I can put on the public, front-facing Internet? No, of course not.
My mom, Kimberley Harding, makes gorgeous woven baskets, mostly out of paper. I photographed some for her website. Check out her Pinterest for more of her baskets, plus some handmade clothing, fiber art, and more!
Tufts has a tradition called the illumination ceremony. Everyone gets an unlit candle, one chosen person lights theirs and touches candles with another person, and that person passes the flame on until everyone’s candle is lit. There are two illumination ceremonies every year: one in the fall to welcome new students, and one in the spring…
