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Portraiture for Counter Narrative

Buck Navajo is the oldest medicine in Navajo Mountain. He's spent 84 years his life practicing healing ceremonies in his community. This project was made possible by The Painted Desert Project.

Local leader & fearless grandmother, Iquitos Peru


Mother & daughter DC Black Lives Matter organizers

Linda Sarsour Palestinian American activist & executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. Original photograph by Cindy Trinh of Activist NYC

Portrait of mother & daughter of Korryn Gaines, murdered by Baltimore police in 2016. In an effort to push for intersectional representation at the Womens March, I chose to lift up the story of Rhanda Dormeus & Karsyn Gaines.

Kalief Browder commited suicide after surviving tremendous trauma while incarcerated on Reikers Island for a crime he did not commit. Original photograph by Cindy Trinh of Activist NYC

Co-Founder Justice League NYC

Original photo by Cindy Trinh, Activists NYC


Aaron is one of the think tank members applying his knowledge from his incarceration to work with Philadelphia system leaders to change post incarceration services to better meet the needs of formerly incarcerated people returning to the community. This piece was created in collaboration with the Philadelphia Re-entry Think Tank.

Akai Gurley was killed by Peter Liang who was found guilty of homicide but was able to negotiate to serve no time in prison. This piece was created in collaboration with Akai's family.

Collaboration with Rose Jaffe

Akai Gurley's aunt, Hertencia Peterson carrying portrait of her sister Sylvia Palmer.


Million Mom's march, honoring Ayotzinapa mother of one of the 43 missing students in Mexico