

A Glimpse of the big game. Coverage of the US Primaries at the local level
I have spent my life watching politics on TV, I grew up seeing my family frown and smile in front of the news in the comfort of our home. Ideologies aside, I find politics quite fascinating. The art of pandering to people to get their support, not just for votes, seeking funding, powerful partners, spending the work day building consensus towards some objective, and somehow, keeping it all together as consistent as possible and mostly legal. I love democracy, it is not a perf


Unlikely Faces of Hate. The Kids of the Westboro Baptist Church
Last January 11th there was word that the infamous Westboro Baptist Church intended to picket NBA home game of the Portland Trail Blazers, over their support of Lesbian Gay Bixesual & Trasgender equal rights. They were heading to the Moda Center, former Rose City Garden and home of the Blazers, to be met by a counter protest of activist groups lead by the LGBT organizations under the title "Westboro Baptist Dance Party!". There has been rivers of ink and pixels published abo


A Portrait session with Portland Filmmaker Brian Lindstrom for Street Roots
A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to work on a portrait session with Brian Lindstrom for a featured interview for the Street Roots. Brian is a known Portland film maker known for his documentary "Alien Boy" that follows the case of the death of James Chasse while being arrested by Portland police officers and a Multnomah County officer. The case spured a wave of protest over police brutality while underlining the officers poor trainning on managing cases of mental illn