Life is too short to be unwilling to expand your horizons. A lot of people live their lives never having traveled outside of their own state. What good does it do you to be so closed minded and ignorant to what all the world— other communities and cultures— have to offer? It’s one thing to not have the resources to travel and expand your frame of thought but, to have the resources and choose to remain secluded from the rest of the world justifies your own ignorance, biases, a

This month, I picked up my camera for the sole purpose of documenting moments. The first time I've done so since graduating with my Masters in two years from The George Washington University. If I'm being honest, I was emotionally and mentally drained from my capstone-turned longterm project, Black & Dangerous. This project, as impactful as it was, took a heavy toll on me; blurring my vision on my relationship with documentary photography. Anything I decided to shoot since gr

To many in the D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia area who have drove on I-95 through Kensington, MD, they are familiar with the Disney castle or more accurately, the Mormon temple. On April 18th, I had the opportunity to tour The Washington D.C. Temple, which is the 16th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a photo editor at Washingtonian Magazine, my job's description does not include going to press events and being the lead photographe

Never in a million years would I have imagined being a Photo Editor. It's not one of those jobs that children aspire to be when they grow up and definitely not a job you'd find during any of the college Career Fairs. Four months after graduating from The George Washington University's Master of Arts in New Media Photojournalism program in May 2021, I secured a position as the Assistant Photo Editor for Washingtonian Magazine in Washington, D.C. After months of searching on