In November, I spent a day in Carmel, Indiana, working on a piece for The Wall Street Journal’s Mansion section. The assignment took me around town, met the outgoing and incoming mayor, and spent time with a couple of families. The weather put a slight damper on the plans, but I was pleased with the overall outcome of the images and how they ran in print!

I recently photographed chemistry professor Marya Lieberman at her University of Notre Dame lab for a story in Bloomberg Businessweek. Lieberman’s team developed a field test to detect whether the correct amount of active ingredient were present in the chemotherapy drugs they received.

It was a cold and gray day when I met with Chris and Connie for a New York Times story focusing on the impact of football weekends on college towns and the housing market. This post offers a few images that weren’t published in the piece.

On the first day of the United Auto Workers strike, I spent the day in Toledo, Ohio, covering the story for The New York Times. For a good chunk of the day, one of my first images from the coverage was at the top of the outlet’s website.

In late September, I spent a couple of days in Holland, Michigan, for a Washington Post story focused on mistrust in the county and the impact this has had on the community.

Over the last year, I’ve participated in the inaugural Complicating the Narratives Fellowship through the Solutions Journalism Network. This fellowship educated me on solutions journalism methodology and allowed me to focus my attention on a story impacting communities nationwide—gun violence.

Throughout January, I worked on a story that involved tense county board meeting(s) and various portraits to showcase the tension in Ottawa County. The images were a part of the story titled “In a thriving Michigan county, a community goes to war with itself” for The Washington Post.

It has been a month since I was in Chicago covering the historic election night of the city’s newest mayor.

It was a year of change and growth. From a solo gallery to travel articles, the work allowed me to showcase my photographic style and expand into new areas and develop new relationships. Take a look at some of my favorite images from 2022.

Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, a longtime politician, announced she won’t seek reelection in 2024. This will create an open seat in the swing state. The images for this Washington Post article were made when covering the 2022 midterm election for The Post.

A look at a Washington Post focused on youth sports and money that ran in mid-December. The article focuses on the Vasquez family and explores the limitations of athletic opportunities, exposure, and access for their children due to the amount of money that the family can afford to spend on tournaments, travel, leagues, and other expenses related to athletics.

In the lead-up to and during the 2022 midterm elections, I went on assignment to cover political stories in West Michigan for The Washington Post. This post showcases the spectrum of imagery from the handful of assignments and thoughts on the experience.

In the summer of 2022, I spent three weeks traveling throughout Iceland. I worked to create images that showcased the raw power and beauty of the island. The images ran as an interactive essay on The Washington Post’s website and also as a large single-page spread in print.