For The Guardian, I filmed a reporter-led interview and made portraits of Senator Bernie Sanders on Capitol Hill. The story ran here. Screenshots highlighting the published piece are below.
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan was the first openly transgender female in the White House. In 2016, President Obama appointed Raffi as The White House's primary LGBT liaison. Raffi stayed in that position until the new administration came in. On her last day in office, I photographed her at The White House Executive Office Building for BuzzFeed News. The published story is here.
Over the past several months, I had the opportunity to work on several major productions for National Geographic Channel. My role on set was to document production and make portraits. On the television series Years of Living Dangerously, a show that brings celebrity correspondents to the forefront of climate change issues, I worked with Bradley Whitford and Arnold Schwarzenegger on separate occasions in Washington, D.C. National Geographic Channel also produced a documentary film titled Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric. For this film, I was in Gloucester, Virginia, where I worked with Katie and Gavin Grimm, a transgender teen whose case for a bathroom bill was sent to The Supreme Court.
A group of high school students gather on Exit Glacier outside Seward, Alaska. The students are briefed on their upcoming ice climbing activity.
Two sea lions surprise a visitor at the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward.
In celebration of July 4th, Independence Day, a group of high school students light sparklers at Tonsina Point in Seward, Alaska.
While docked in Scotland's Caledonian Canal sea locks at Corpach, a double rainbow emerged to frame a flying gull and a team of ducks floating in the water.
An interpretor, dressed in period costume, stands inside a renovated building at L'Anse aux Meadows and tastes a soup. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the location is where Lief Erikson founded North America.
Aboard the Lord of the Glens Expedition Vessel, a young Scottish Highland Dancer performs for a group of travelers visiting Scotland.
Scotland's Edinburgh Castle acts as a backdrop to the city's Princes Street Gardens. A young child walks up the hill.
A woman walks through a mirror maze, part of the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions exhibits in Edinburgh's Old Town.
In Baddeck, Nova Scotia, a traveler aboard a schooner waves back to the National Geographic Explorer expedition vessel.
A lone hiker pauses on a boardwalk, which crosses the landscape of Gros Morne National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), and looks towards the nearby mountains and waterways.
Two interpretors, dressed in period costumes, stand in a renovated home at Fort Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A man thows an ax toward a collection of logs at Norstead Village Village near L'Anse aux Meadows. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the location is where Lief Erikson founded North America.
En route to L'Anse aux Meadows on board the National Geographic Explorer, the sun bursts above the horizon and into the cabin window.
The captain aboard the National Geographic Explorer expedition vessels point out a sailing route on paper charts.
An interpretors, dressed in period costume, poses for a portrait inside a renovated home at Fort Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
During the annual Military Tattoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, a motorcycle stunt driver takes off amongst fireworks. The performance is held for about three weeks with the Edinburgh Castle as a backdrop.
During the summer and autumn months, I had the privilege of working as a photography expert and instructor with National Geographic Expeditions, Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Student Expeditions. Over a seven week period, my journeys included Alaska (Anchorage, Denali and Seward), Scotland (Highlands and Caledonian Canal) and The Canadian Maritimes (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Gros Morne National Park and Quebec). Above are some images made throughout the expeditions.
In the summer of 2015, I had the pleasure of leading a National Geographic Student Expedition to Iceland with M Jackson, a great friend and dedicated climate researcher. While hiking on Svinafellsjokull Glacier, we discovered a moulin, a shaft inside a glacier formed by running water. After descending into the glacier's depths, M looked up to capture its details and colors. The image I made of her at that moment is now on the cover of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Annual Report.
