PORTFOLIO: PORTRAITS

  • ST. PAUL, MN - May 19, 2022: Maria Tovar, 20 of Minneapolis, MN, poses for a portrait at a park in Minneapolis, MN.
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  • MINNEAPOLIS, MN / MAY 8, 2020: Where day dreams and memories collide. During the early months of COVID, everything came to a halt, including the opportunities to venture out and create new images. Day and night my mind lived in a perpetual dream state. I turned toward my archives of photographs to create multiple exposures that reflect my lived experience in this new existence.
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  • Trish Skophammer, 60, of Bloomington, MN, poses for a portrait at a nearby park on November 19, 2021. Skophammer is Director of the Ramsey County Child Support Services Division, in the Office of the County Attorney. Skophammer has done research that shows child support collection offices around the country collect money from parents of children who have been placed in foster care, often throwing families deeper into poverty.
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  • Sheri Booms Holm, 61, of White Bear Lake, MN, poses for a portrait outside her home on September 20, 2022. Holm works in communications for a non-profit, and for years died her hair. However, since deciding to go gray during the pandemic, Holm has experienced a boost in self-esteem and receives many compliments on her gray hair. CREDIT: Caroline Yang for The Wall Street Journal GOINGRAY.
  • Dizzy Fae, 20, an experimental r&b artist in Minneapolis, poses for a portrait in Minneapolis, MN on July 27, 2019
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  • Dr. Remi Douah, 60, of Minneapolis, poses for a portrait in George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, MN on November 30, 2021. Douah, the father of a young activist, works as a volunteer counselor, offering his time and counsel to young activists, residents and gangmembers at George Floyd Square.
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  • Jim Noel, 80, of Bloomington, MN, poses for a portrait next to one of his two 1962 Jetfire Turbos by Oldsmobile at his home in Bloomington, MN on August 24, 2021. Noel, may be the one person rebuilding 1962 Jetfire Turbos.
  • MINNETONKA, MN - AUGUST 26, 2020: Mary Vevang Anderson, 54, of Minnetonka, MN, poses for a portrait outside her home. Living in a district that has been historically conservative but has flipped blue in recent years, Ve Vang Anderson is an undecided voter who voted for Trump in 2016, but can't bring herself to vote for him again in 2020. Vevang Anderson is a mother of 3, and owns her own hair salon.
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  • ST. PAUL, MN - May 20, 2022: Starla Wesley, 43, of Minneapolis, MN, poses for a portrait in St. Paul, MN.
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  • Darrell Paulsen and Nikki Villavicencio pose for a portrait outside their home in Maplewood, Minneosta on April 20, 2017.
  • Runner Chris Gordon poses for a portrait in New Ulm, MN on November 20, 2021. Gordon shows the skin grafts he received after surviving necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating bacterial infection in 2015. Running was a part of his recovery process, and emboldened him to share his story through public speaking.
  • Runner Chris Gordon poses for a portrait in New Ulm, MN on November 20, 2021. Gordon shows the skin grafts he received after surviving necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating bacterial infection in 2015. Running was a part of his recovery process, and emboldened him to share his story through public speaking.
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  • GRANITE FALLS, MN - DECEMBER 10, 2020: Ashley Hanson, 37, of Granite Falls, MN, poses for a portrait on December 10, 2020. Hanson is a 2018-2020 Obama Fellow, and works to bring community-based theater to rural areas. Hanson co-founded a production company called PlaceSpace Productions, and also started Department of Transformation, a non-profit that works with artists to find creative solutions to address social issues in rural communities.
  • Rahma Farah, 17, of St. Paul, MN, poses for a portrait at a park hear her home on October 9, 2020. On election day this November Farah will be working at a polling station as a supervisor helping to register first time voters. She also helps translate election instructions into Somali.
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