Photojournalism Work

2024 Pitti Uomo

I traveled to Florence, Italy in January 2024 to cover famous men’s fashion trade show Pitti Immagine Uomo, one of the world's most important expositions for launching men's clothing and accessory collections. The event that I covered was held for four days from January 9 to January 12 2024 at the Fortezza da Basso, a 14th-century fort built into the ancient city walls of Florence and I photographed hundreds of booths and participants at the show.

2023 East Palestine Train Derailment

In March of 2023 I was asked to accompany Cleveland Magazine reporter Annie Nickoloff to East Palestine, Ohio to photograph the town, its residents, and the cleanup efforts after the devastating environmental disaster that rocked this sleepy town on the Pennsylvania border in February of 2023. The story, “The Nightmare in East Palestine” was the cover story of the July 2023 issue of Cleveland Magazine and is currently nominated for several awards both local and national. The majority of the images that made it into the final publication were taken by me using a Rolleiflex 6008 modular medium format film camera and the film stock used was Fujifilm Pro 160 NS. The negatives were scanned by me at 3200 DPI and also edited by me for the publication.

2020 Hong Kong Protests

I traveled to Hong Kong in January 2020 right before the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the world and effectively closed down international travel for several years. The intention was originally to go and try to cover some of the ongoing democracy and independence protests which I was able to do but a broader story soon emerged as the epidemiological situation in mainland China worsened and the climate in the city was increasingly on edge as the Hong Kong Government attempted to use pandemic as an excuse to outlaw protests. The images taken during this trip were taken before the establishment of the National Security Law (NSL) in June of 2020 which sharply curtailed the civil rights of Hong Kong citizens. I photographed with both film and digital cameras for this trip.