My editor at Education Week recently emailed me a handful of PDFs from a long-range project, Citizen Z, I worked on with the publication along with a few assignments.
Thanks for taking a look.
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” - Johnny Cash
John Prine would tell stories between songs or when he’d reach for a new guitar. The packed audience was completely silent, hanging on every word, listening to a sermon of sorts, Sunday mass for the everyman.
I was recently assigned to walk the Denver burbs for the Los Angeles Times and speak with primary voters and document canvassers. For the first time in 20 years, Colorado is holding a presidential primary instead of caucuses.
The United States maternal death rate is among the highest in the developed world. Eighteen states haven't studied these deaths and others tend to blame moms.
Visitors read the raised bronze letters of the Columbine Memorial plaques in whispers, asking questions to God, survivors, the community, and each other.
Recently assigned by Barcroft Media, I drove south to the small mountain town of Buena Vista, Colorado to link up with Hailey Wait.
Outtakes from a recent assignment for Education Week to document and gather portraits of Overland High School students involved in a program seeking to build and strengthen civil discourse skills.
New photography work published for Education Week. Proud to play a part of a larger initiative that launched in October to help better understand the role of education in the, as many say, current American civics crisis.
My editor at Education Week recently emailed me a handful of PDFs from a long-range project, Citizen Z, I worked on with the publication along with a few assignments.
Thanks for taking a look.
Final Edition. Presses fell silent. Shuttered. February 27, 2009.
Artifacts from an era of booming profits, record readership, and huge circulation numbers are all that remain of many newspapers.
Nathan W. Armes is a travel photographer and videographer based in Denver, Colorado.
