Stills

As a photojournalist, I make a living visually telling stories - stories about people. You can analyze an image, breaking it down into clinical categories of composition, exposure, cultural coding and so on. But when someone looks at my images, if they don't feel emotion; if they don't connect to my subjects; if they don't get some sense of emotion — I haven't succeeded in bringing their story to a broader audience. With these images I tried to convey private, powerful, intimate emotion in a way that would resonate with viewers. Essentially, I come back to the basic principle that I am entrusted to tell people's stories. Everyone you meet, see, and know has a story. This common thread binds us as human beings, and effective photojournalism helps us all better understand the human condition and develop empathy.