Molly – Providence, RI
My family jokes that I rarely want to photograph white people. They make fun of me, pointing out individuals – an elderly woman in African dress, a young…
Stephanie and Ashley – Providence, RI
It is the week in 2017 of the Charlottesville protests: white men and women with torches spewing spittle and rage, three people ending up dead. It feels as…
Styles – Providence, RI
Styles remembers being a child in Wakefield, growing up in a small cottage near the ocean, with an outhouse at the back and a fire burning in the…
Imam Alli-Owe – Providence, RI
When I first met Imam Alli-Owe, he was wearing a kelly-green T-shirt over a white prayer robe. Bold white letters on the front of the shirt spelled: Your…
Annye – Providence, RI
I’m sitting in my car in Washington Park, in front of a big white house with red trim, and I can’t believe what I see: Annye is walking…
Bidur – Providence, RI
What is it that I should tell you? Should I describe the way the bombs sounded, or name the friends and neighbors killed? Should I list what she…
Providence Installation 2015
SEEN/UNSEEN Installation With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in conjunction with the Providence International Arts Festival, eight portraits from Seen/Unseen have been installed as large-scale…
Marina Installation
Marina was one of eight people who agreed to having her photograph reproduced on a large-scale banner, amid the public bustle of downtown Providence. As an Orthodox Jewish woman…
Marina – Providence, RI
On the East Side, clustered around the Providence Hebrew Day School, on Elmgrove Avenue, is an enclave of Orthodox Jews. I live near there, and when I walk…