LadyA Strong - Living with Breast Cancer

On October 24th, Anastasia Colette, 26, was diagnosed with Triple Negative Stage 2 Breast Cancer. On Nov 30th she will have a lumpectomy, followed by chemotherapy treatments at the start of the new year. In late spring, after chemo, Ana will have a double mastectomy due to being BRCA1 Positive. Ana and her family have been kind enough to welcome me into their lives along this journey of hers, and I will have the privilege to document her light and strength in the coming months and years.

That being said, this will cost the family an extraordinary amount of money and they have a GoFundMe set up if you would like to donate to her treatment and recovery.

www.GoFundMe.com/LadyA-Strong

Anna Bennett + Eliot Hill - Lenior, North Carolina - July 3rd, 2018

These two lovebirds are something special. I first met Eli 3 years ago working at Camp Twitch & Shout, a summer camp for children with Tourette's Syndrome. We would spend hours on the phone in the months and weeks leading up to camp talking about how the creation of art can act as a balm and a salve for so many neurological disorders, and how art can be utilized to empower the community at large, while educating the general public as well. Needless to say, we were cut from the same cloth.  

#NotMyPresident - Philadelphia Protests Bigotry & Hate

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016, Donald J. Trump was elected to be the 45th President of the United States of America. 

I have never before experienced the combination of disappointment, confusion, loneliness and terror that I did that night. I never thought that I would live to see my country, a country that I love deeply, a country which has given my family so much, commit such a deplorable act onto itself.