What does the term "shotgun" even mean?
For many Americans, it’s a game, something we call piling out of the house with an eye toward the coveted front passenger seat.
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During lockdowns and shutdowns, I scribbled down a few ideas and thoughts to remain hopeful and continue to work toward progressive purpose.
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Not only does gardening give you energy, but it also allows for focus. It's pretty simple; a clear focus is one of the most powerful tools in your bag of tricks.
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2020 is the year for the creative world to dig through their archive, to look for missed opportunities, for something to learn from. Maybe even find a few favorite gems that never found a home during the editing process.
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An Independence Day storm rolls as the peak of 14,065 foot Mount Bierstadt catches last light.
Guanella Pass. Clear Creek County, CO
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Once a Cretaceous ocean, remote South Platte River basin of Weld County, Colorado, is home to Pawnee National Grassland.
Towering above the high plains, Pawnee Buttes host nesting birds of prey. Decedents now circle and soar over dry washes where fossil hunters have flocked since 1870.
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In Honduras and other Central American countries, drought and crop failure from climate change will hit the poorest hardest, exacerbating the immigration crisis.
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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.
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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. This assignment, to photograph and interview Nathan Butler, played a role in a larger project, Deadly Deliveries, launched by USA TODAY to investigate why thousands of moms are needlessly injured, and some die, giving birth every year in the U.S.
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The historic Denver neighborhood of Whittier is northeast of the rapidly growing downtown. By standards of cities in the American West, it’s old. The first residential housing was built around 1890 and borrows the name from Whittier Elementary School, the original building now mostly demolished, rebuilt, and redesigned in 1970.
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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.
Again, I’m proud to play a part in a larger initiative that Education Week launched in October to help better understand the role of education in the, as many say, current American civics crisis.
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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.
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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.
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Look past reminders of modern-day, and it’s easy to imagine this view of the Miller House under construction in the winter of 1901. The snow and ice-packed streets of the Whittier neighborhood take on the look of how roads in the first few days of the 20th century looked, rutty and muddy.
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Worst breed in the house—that’s exactly the breed I want: A dog that’s better outdoors than indoors. A dog that can handle snow drifts and scree fields, that’s smart enough to avoid guy lines and porcupines, and that has enough drive to walk uphill all day.
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