Lifestyle shoot with Vince DeSantiago.
Test shots with Jasmine
Jasmine is an incredible artist and entrepreneur, she's also got the looks. I stopped by her gallery and we had some time to explore the building and the gorgeous light, here's a few shots from our shoot.
Garfield park conservatory
Maria and I went out for a little adventure to one of my new favorite spots, can't wait till the rest of the conservatory is open to the public later this summer!
Photo Friday with The Leap Year Project
Big thanks to the folks over at The Leap Year Project for featuring me on their "Photo Friday" selection and for letting me get in a few words of my own as well!
Click through the photo for the link to the article.
Nicaragua
Back in 2010 I had the unique opportunity to travel with a delegation to Nicaragua to work with local organizers on several relief projects in the capital city of Managua and the Jalapa valley near the boarder of Honduras (the hot zone of the war during the 1980’s).
What made this trip special was the access we were granted through working with a long time partner Deborah Young, founder of the AACC who has set up programs to serve needs locally and internationally. She has volunteered for more than 27 years in many programs serving women in impoverished countries. She has combined her academics with service work in the Sanctuary movement of the 1980’s sheltering refugee women and on providing education and avenues of empowerment for women and children.
The unique approach to relief work made it instantly clear that we were not there to just hand out money or things, but truly participate in a new way of being in the world. We built schools and heard stories, drank rum and ate meals we prepared together. I lived with a family, played with their sons and daughters and pets. I got a glimpse into another world.
Obviously I brought my camera along on this journey to document all that I saw... From the tobacco fields to the hospitals and the dusty roads of the town I called home for a brief moment. Here's just a little of what I saw.
Featured by Fashionista.com
Proud to be one of 20 bloggers selected and featured by Fashionista.com for my photography at NYFW.
Museum shoot
Crystal Zappata and Heather Coats, styled by Rachel Moore.
Model Test
Erica Dixon + Nikki Turrisi + Erica Janssen (HMUA)
Wedding Sizzler
Nora & Isaiah Cole's wedding was the kind everyone wishes they had. Great fun, great people, smiles for miles.
Habitat for Humanity video
A day spent with Habitat for Humanity Youth Board fundraising at some of Chicagoland's best hotspots with some of the most respected small business owners and entrepreneurs.