New story: Gund Kwok all-Asian-women Lion Dance troupe prepares for Lunar New Year
March 15, 2023

I’ve added a new story to the photojournalism section of this website. The story follows Gund Kwok, the United States’ first and only all-Asian-women lion dance troupe as they prepare for 2023 Lunar New Year celebrations around Boston. The group is now in its 25th year and led by the 65-year-old Cheng Imm Tan, who started the group as a way to empower Asian women to show their creativity, power, and strength in an art form that has historically been open only to men. 

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Recent portraits on assignment
February 16, 2023

Gautam Adani, Asia's richest man, for the New York Times

Gautam Adani is the chairman and founder of Adani Group, a multi-national port operations and development company based in Ahmedabad, India. Adani is photographed here in the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Oct. 26, 2022. According to business magazine lists, billionaire Adani is the richest person in India and is among the wealthiest people in the world.
Gautam Adani is the chairman and founder of Adani Group, a multi-national port operations and development company based in Ahmedabad, India. Adani is photographed here in the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Oct. 26, 2022. According to business magazine lists, billionaire Adani is the richest person in India and is among the wealthiest people in the world.
Gautam Adani is the chairman and founder of Adani Group, a multi-national port operations and development company based in Ahmedabad, India. Adani is photographed here in the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Oct. 26, 2022. According to business magazine lists, billionaire Adani is the richest person in India and is among the wealthiest people in the world.
Gautam Adani is the chairman and founder of Adani Group, a multi-national port operations and development company based in Ahmedabad, India. Adani is photographed here in the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Oct. 26, 2022. According to business magazine lists, billionaire Adani is the richest person in India and is among the wealthiest people in the world.
Gautam Adani is the chairman and founder of Adani Group, a multi-national port operations and development company based in Ahmedabad, India. Adani is photographed here in the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Oct. 26, 2022. According to business magazine lists, billionaire Adani is the richest person in India and is among the wealthiest people in the world.
Gautam Adani is the chairman and founder of Adani Group, a multi-national port operations and development company based in Ahmedabad, India. Adani is photographed here in the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Oct. 26, 2022. According to business magazine lists, billionaire Adani is the richest person in India and is among the wealthiest people in the world.

Anabel Graetz, film actress at age 80, for the Guardian

Anabel Graetz, age 80, is an actress who started working in film and television in her 60s, seen at her home in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., Oct. 29, 2022. Graetz says she studied acting, music, and singing. "I performed on stage for all my life thinking, of course, that film wasn't for me," she said. "Who starts being in films when they're in their 60s or 70s," Graetz laughs. "The funny thing is when I was a kid I thought I wanted to be in movies."
Anabel Graetz, age 80, is an actress who started working in film and television in her 60s, seen at her home in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., Oct. 29, 2022. Graetz says she studied acting, music, and singing. "I performed on stage for all my life thinking, of course, that film wasn't for me," she said. "Who starts being in films when they're in their 60s or 70s," Graetz laughs. "The funny thing is when I was a kid I thought I wanted to be in movies."
Anabel Graetz, age 80, is an actress who started working in film and television in her 60s, seen at her home in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., Oct. 29, 2022. Graetz says she studied acting, music, and singing. "I performed on stage for all my life thinking, of course, that film wasn't for me," she said. "Who starts being in films when they're in their 60s or 70s," Graetz laughs. "The funny thing is when I was a kid I thought I wanted to be in movies."
Anabel Graetz, age 80, is an actress who started working in film and television in her 60s, seen at her home in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., Oct. 29, 2022. Graetz says she studied acting, music, and singing. "I performed on stage for all my life thinking, of course, that film wasn't for me," she said. "Who starts being in films when they're in their 60s or 70s," Graetz laughs. "The funny thing is when I was a kid I thought I wanted to be in movies."
Anabel Graetz, age 80, is an actress who started working in film and television in her 60s, seen at her home in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., Oct. 29, 2022. Graetz says she studied acting, music, and singing. "I performed on stage for all my life thinking, of course, that film wasn't for me," she said. "Who starts being in films when they're in their 60s or 70s," Graetz laughs. "The funny thing is when I was a kid I thought I wanted to be in movies."

Steven Pinker, author and Harvard professor, for Le Point

Author and psychologist Steven Pinker is seen here on Harvard's campus outside William James Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., Sept. 20, 2022. Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. According to his bio, Pinker is "an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations" and is the author of numerous popular science books on the subjects of human cognition and language.
Author and psychologist Steven Pinker is seen here in his Harvard campus office in William James Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., Sept. 20, 2022. Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. According to his bio, Pinker is "an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations" and is the author of numerous popular science books on the subjects of human cognition and language.
Author and psychologist Steven Pinker is seen here on Harvard's campus outside William James Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., Sept. 20, 2022. Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. According to his bio, Pinker is "an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations" and is the author of numerous popular science books on the subjects of human cognition and language.
Author and psychologist Steven Pinker is seen here on Harvard's campus outside William James Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., Sept. 20, 2022. Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. According to his bio, Pinker is "an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations" and is the author of numerous popular science books on the subjects of human cognition and language.
Author and psychologist Steven Pinker is seen here in his Harvard campus office in William James Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., Sept. 20, 2022. Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. According to his bio, Pinker is "an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social relations" and is the author of numerous popular science books on the subjects of human cognition and language.

Lisa Iezzoni, Harvard Professor of Medicine, for the New York Times

Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc, has published research this month in the Health Affairs medical journal about how physicians are uncomfortable caring for people with disabilities, seen here near her office in Radcliffe Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Oct. 12, 2022. Iezzoni is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital. Iezzoni, 68, has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for 46 years and has personally experienced some of the same difficulties in accessing healthcare as is described in her research.
Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc, has published research this month in the Health Affairs medical journal about how physicians are uncomfortable caring for people with disabilities, seen here near her office in Radcliffe Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Oct. 12, 2022. Iezzoni is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital. Iezzoni, 68, has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for 46 years and has personally experienced some of the same difficulties in accessing healthcare as is described in her research.
Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc, has published research this month in the Health Affairs medical journal about how physicians are uncomfortable caring for people with disabilities, seen here near her office in Radcliffe Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Oct. 12, 2022. Iezzoni is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital. Iezzoni, 68, has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for 46 years and has personally experienced some of the same difficulties in accessing healthcare as is described in her research.

Chris Miller, author of Chip War, for Baillie Gifford & Co's Trust magazine

Chris Miller is an Associate Professor of International History at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, seen here in the Fletcher School's Ginn Library Reading Room in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 23, 2022. Miller is the author of the book "Chip War: The fight for the world's most critical technology," which tells the story of microchip development over the past decades, published by Scribner on Oct. 4, 2022.
Chris Miller is an Associate Professor of International History at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, seen here in the Fletcher School's Ginn Library Reading Room in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 23, 2022. Miller is the author of the book "Chip War: The fight for the world's most critical technology," which tells the story of microchip development over the past decades, published by Scribner on Oct. 4, 2022.
Chris Miller is an Associate Professor of International History at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, seen here in Tufts' Academic Quad in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 23, 2022. Miller is the author of the book "Chip War: The fight for the world's most critical technology," which tells the story of microchip development over the past decades, published by Scribner on Oct. 4, 2022.
Chris Miller is an Associate Professor of International History at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, seen here in the Fletcher School's Ginn Library Reading Room in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 23, 2022. Miller is the author of the book "Chip War: The fight for the world's most critical technology," which tells the story of microchip development over the past decades, published by Scribner on Oct. 4, 2022.
Chris Miller is an Associate Professor of International History at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, seen here in Tufts' Academic Quad in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 23, 2022. Miller is the author of the book "Chip War: The fight for the world's most critical technology," which tells the story of microchip development over the past decades, published by Scribner on Oct. 4, 2022.
Chris Miller is an Associate Professor of International History at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, seen here in the Fletcher School's Ginn Library Reading Room in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 23, 2022. Miller is the author of the book "Chip War: The fight for the world's most critical technology," which tells the story of microchip development over the past decades, published by Scribner on Oct. 4, 2022.

Computer science pioneer Latanya Sweeney for Harvard Kennedy School Magazine

Latanya Sweeney is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School, seen here at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Mon., June 6, 2022. Sweeney is the first black woman to receive a PhD in computer science from MIT (2001), and according to her HKS bio, has 3 patents, more than 100 academic publications, pioneered the field known as data privacy, launched the emerging area known as algorithmic fairness, and her work is explicitly cited in two U.S. regulations, including the U.S. federal medical privacy regulation (known as HIPAA).
Latanya Sweeney is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School, seen here at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Mon., June 6, 2022. Sweeney is the first black woman to receive a PhD in computer science from MIT (2001), and according to her HKS bio, has 3 patents, more than 100 academic publications, pioneered the field known as data privacy, launched the emerging area known as algorithmic fairness, and her work is explicitly cited in two U.S. regulations, including the U.S. federal medical privacy regulation (known as HIPAA).
Latanya Sweeney is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School, seen here at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Mon., June 6, 2022. Sweeney is the first black woman to receive a PhD in computer science from MIT (2001), and according to her HKS bio, has 3 patents, more than 100 academic publications, pioneered the field known as data privacy, launched the emerging area known as algorithmic fairness, and her work is explicitly cited in two U.S. regulations, including the U.S. federal medical privacy regulation (known as HIPAA).
Latanya Sweeney is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School, seen here at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Mon., June 6, 2022. Sweeney is the first black woman to receive a PhD in computer science from MIT (2001), and according to her HKS bio, has 3 patents, more than 100 academic publications, pioneered the field known as data privacy, launched the emerging area known as algorithmic fairness, and her work is explicitly cited in two U.S. regulations, including the U.S. federal medical privacy regulation (known as HIPAA).
Latanya Sweeney is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School, seen here at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Mon., June 6, 2022. Sweeney is the first black woman to receive a PhD in computer science from MIT (2001), and according to her HKS bio, has 3 patents, more than 100 academic publications, pioneered the field known as data privacy, launched the emerging area known as algorithmic fairness, and her work is explicitly cited in two U.S. regulations, including the U.S. federal medical privacy regulation (known as HIPAA).

Ovid Therapeutics CEO Jeremy Levin for Spectrum News

Dr. Jeremy Levin is Chairman and CEO of Ovid Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in NYC that according to a recent press release is "developing medicines designed to conquer epilepsy and meaningfully improve the lives of people affected by brain disorders," seen here in a tissue culture lab at Tufts Launchpad Biolabs where the company has lab space in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Thu., Oct. 13, 2022.
Dr. Jeremy Levin is Chairman and CEO of Ovid Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in NYC that according to a recent press release is "developing medicines designed to conquer epilepsy and meaningfully improve the lives of people affected by brain disorders," seen here in Ovid's labspace at Tufts Launchpad Biolabs in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Thu., Oct. 13, 2022.
Dr. Jeremy Levin is Chairman and CEO of Ovid Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in NYC that according to a recent press release is "developing medicines designed to conquer epilepsy and meaningfully improve the lives of people affected by brain disorders," seen here in Ovid's labspace at Tufts Launchpad Biolabs in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Thu., Oct. 13, 2022.
Dr. Jeremy Levin is Chairman and CEO of Ovid Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in NYC that according to a recent press release is "developing medicines designed to conquer epilepsy and meaningfully improve the lives of people affected by brain disorders," seen here in Tufts Launchpad Biolabs where the company has lab space in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Thu., Oct. 13, 2022.
Dr. Jeremy Levin is Chairman and CEO of Ovid Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in NYC that according to a recent press release is "developing medicines designed to conquer epilepsy and meaningfully improve the lives of people affected by brain disorders," seen here in Tufts Launchpad Biolabs where the company has lab space in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Thu., Oct. 13, 2022.

Sherry Mendelson, author of essay about accepting care after knee replacements, for the Wall Street Journal

WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS - NOV 11, 2022. Sherry Mendelson, 71, of Palos Verdes, Calif., is a retired psychiatrist who had both of her knees replaced surgically in 2021. She is seen here near her daughter's home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA, on Fri., Nov. 11, 2022. In a personal essay, Mendelson said it was difficult to depend on others, including husband Fred Davidowitz, while recovering from the surgeries. Mendelson says her knees are as good as new now; she recently participated in an over-age-45 tennis tournament and said her team finished in the middle of the pack. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Wall Street Journal ENKNEE
WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS - NOV 11, 2022. Sherry Mendelson, 71, (right) of Palos Verdes, Calif., is a retired psychiatrist who had both of her knees replaced surgically in 2021. She is seen here with husband Fred Davidowitz, 76, a retired dentist, in Perrin Park near their daughter's home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA, on Fri., Nov. 11, 2022. In a personal essay, Mendelson said it was difficult to depend on others, including husband Fred Davidowitz, while recovering from the surgeries. Mendelson says her knees are as good as new now; she recently participated in an over-age-45 tennis tournament and said her team finished in the middle of the pack. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Wall Street Journal ENKNEE
WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS - NOV 11, 2022. Sherry Mendelson, 71, (right) of Palos Verdes, Calif., holds hands with husband Fred Davidowitz, 76, near their daughter's home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA, on Fri., Nov. 11, 2022. Mendelson is a retired psychiatrist who had both of her knees replaced surgically in 2021. In a personal essay, Mendelson said it was difficult to depend on others, including husband Fred Davidowitz, while recovering from the surgeries. Mendelson says her knees are as good as new now; she recently participated in an over-age-45 tennis tournament and said her team finished in the middle of the pack. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Wall Street Journal ENKNEE
WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS - NOV 11, 2022. Sherry Mendelson, 71, of Palos Verdes, Calif., is a retired psychiatrist who had both of her knees replaced surgically in 2021. She is seen here with husband Fred Davidowitz, 76, a retired dentist, in Perrin Park near their daughter's home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA, on Fri., Nov. 11, 2022. In a personal essay, Mendelson said it was difficult to depend on others, including husband Fred Davidowitz, while recovering from the surgeries. Mendelson says her knees are as good as new now; she recently participated in an over-age-45 tennis tournament and said her team finished in the middle of the pack. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Wall Street Journal ENKNEE
WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS - NOV 11, 2022. Sherry Mendelson, 71, of Palos Verdes, Calif., is a retired psychiatrist who had both of her knees replaced surgically in 2021. She is seen here in Perrin Park near her daughter's home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA, on Fri., Nov. 11, 2022. In a personal essay, Mendelson said it was difficult to depend on others, including husband Fred Davidowitz, while recovering from the surgeries. Mendelson says her knees are as good as new now; she recently participated in an over-age-45 tennis tournament and said her team finished in the middle of the pack. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Wall Street Journal ENKNEE
WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS - NOV 11, 2022. Sherry Mendelson, 71, (left) of Palos Verdes, Calif., is a retired psychiatrist who had both of her knees replaced surgically in 2021. She is seen here with husband Fred Davidowitz, 76, a retired dentist, near their daughter's home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA, on Fri., Nov. 11, 2022. In a personal essay, Mendelson said it was difficult to depend on others, including husband Fred Davidowitz, while recovering from the surgeries. Mendelson says her knees are as good as new now; she recently participated in an over-age-45 tennis tournament and said her team finished in the middle of the pack. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Wall Street Journal ENKNEE

Inside W. H. Bagshaw’s factory for the New York Times
January 22, 2023

The shop floor is filled with industrial metalworking machines at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.

For the New York Times, I spent an a little time in the W. H. Bagshaw’s factory in Nashua, New Hampshire, a beautiful facility that’s more than a century old. The company specializes in small machined metal and wire pieces for the aerospace and medical sectors, but which has also included phonograph needles over the years. 

The story is about how high turnover in manufacturing and other sectors has led to a decrease in productivity due to the time it takes to retrain new hires. 

Machinist Aaron Nickerson has worked at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company for the past seven years in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. Here he's working with a CNC Swiss-style lathe. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Daniel DeForte has worked at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company for the past year in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. DeForte works as a cleaner and inspector of finished parts and here he's performing final visual inspection of small metal medical components used in valve assemblies. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Daniel DeForte has worked at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company for the past year in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. DeForte works as a cleaner and inspector of finished parts and here he's performing final visual inspection of small metal medical components used in valve assemblies. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Sobeyda Rodriguez, a machine operator in the Knurling Department, has worked at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company for the past 10 years in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. Here she using a machine to add knurling to small metal pins. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Scrap metal produced after machining metal parts fill a bin on the shop floor at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
A bin full of partially finished metal pins stands on the shop floor at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Metal wire stands at the side of the shop floor of the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Adria Bagshaw is the co-owner and Vice President of W. H. Bagshaw, a manufacturer in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Adria Bagshaw is the co-owner and Vice President of W. H. Bagshaw, a manufacturer in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Adria Bagshaw is the co-owner and Vice President of W. H. Bagshaw, a manufacturer in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
CNC machinist Brett Smith has worked at W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company for the past two years in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. Here he's readjusting guide bushings while changing tool on a machine. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Metal wire stands at the side of the shop floor of the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Machinist Brian Ulrich has worked at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company for the past two years in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. Here he's putting metal bar remnants into a lathe to turn into ball bearings used in the aerospace industry. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Tools hang above a workbench on the shop floor of the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
A machine used to straighten and cut wire stands in the shop at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
Yahaira Infante, a Team Leader in the Knurling Department, has worked at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company for the past 25 years in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. Here she is looking at a job board which helps her and other departments plan tasks for the day. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.
An AFL-CIO union sticker reading "America works best when we say Union Yes" adorns a locker in the shop at the W. H. Bagshaw manufacturing company in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, on Tue., Dec. 20, 2022. The company makes metal components for the aerospace and medical industries and has fewer than 50 employees. Over the past two years, high turnover among employees has led to slower production.

Outside the unveiling of Boston’s The Embrace sculpture commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2023

People remove a green fabric on the fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
Viewed through a fence put up for the unveiling, "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, was unveiled to the public in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.

“The Embrace,” a new two-story sculpture celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King, who met in Boston, was unveiled on Jan. 13, 2023, in Boston Common, America’s first public park. It’s the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. The sculpture’s abstract form–which has drawn some criticism–is drawn from a photo of when the couple embraced after learning MLK had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.

While the sculpture’s website said, “Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us,” the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders. There were large screens set up outside the ceremony so the general public could view the proceedings, but many outside the fence were frustrated without a way to glimpse the new sculpture with their own eyes until they pulled down the green fabric on the fence obscuring their view.

People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
A black fabric covers part of the sculpture before the unveiling of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
A screen outside the unveiling ceremony allowed the general public to view the ceremony as "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, was unveiled in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
A choir sings during the unveiling ceremony of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
A Black man raises his hand above the fence while trying to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.

Tied state rep race in Rochester, NH, for the New York Times
January 17, 2023

ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. The tower of the United Methodist Church stands above other buildings on North Main Street (foreground) and South Main Street (near church) in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. A mural reading "Greetings from Rochester" is seen on the exterior of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

For the New York Times, I spent a day in Rochester, New Hampshire, a small town with a tied State Representative midterm race. The two candidates for Ward 4 rep live on the same street and have known each other for years and both received 970 votes. The winner will be determine in a run-off election in February. It was such a joy to just wander around and find what I could: an over-45 pickleball tournament, a comic store where political discussion is forbidden, scenes around the town, a bar where political discussion doesn’t happen often (one patron expressed surprise about the tied election; “I don’t see the divide here”), and one of the candidates, Republican David Walker, who has previously served as mayor and on the city council. Other parts of the story photographed by Ryan David Brown.

ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Server Maggie Morneault brings food to customers at Windjammers Seafood Restaurant in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. A decal shows a heart in southeastern New Hampshire on the back window of a car in a parking lot in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Competitors wait for the final round of the age 45+ holiday pickleball tournament in the gym at Rochester Recreation and Arena in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. "This is what people want to be doing, not playing bingo!" said Sharon Hadwen, 81, of Rochester, (second from right) from the sidelines after having been eliminated from the tournament. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Republican state representative candidate David Walker is seen in the City Council Chamber at Rochester City Hall in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Walker and opponent incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie tied in the 2022 election for Rochester Ward 4 State Representative and will face a run-off election in 2023. Both candidates received 970 votes. Walker previously served as Rochester's mayor and on the Rochester City Council. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Republican state representative candidate David Walker is seen in Rochester City Hall in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Walker and opponent incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie tied in the 2022 election for Rochester Ward 4 State Representative and will face a run-off election in 2023. Both candidates received 970 votes. Walker previously served as Rochester's mayor and on the Rochester City Council. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Employee Kyle Litchfield helps customers at Jetpack Comics, a busy comic book and game shop, in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Store manager Richard Brunelle III says the store has a policy that political discussion is not welcome in the store and that other customers help enforce the policy. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. An American flag is seen next to the Rochester Honor Roll outside Rochester City Hall in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. A statue of Reverend Amos Main stands in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. According to the plaque on the monument, Main was "the first settled minister of the First Congregational Church of the Province of Rochester" from 1737 until his death in 1760. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Window washer Ryan LeBlanc cleans the windows of Skele-tone Records in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. People gather at the bar at Revolution Taproom and Grill in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Residential houses are seen in a neighborhood near downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. An antique car drives through a Cumberland Farms gas station parking lot in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel and inside Moderna’s labs for Le Point magazine
January 8, 2023

Commemorative candidate vaccine vials stand on display in the office Stéphane Bancel, the CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, seen here at Moderna's offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Nov. 14, 2022. Moderna is best-known for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but is working on vaccines for other diseases including a personal cancer vaccine. Employees at the company get these commemorative vials for any vaccines that go to clinical trials while they work at the company.

For French business weekly Le Point, I visited two of Moderna’s lab and office facilities in Massachusetts to photograph inside their labs and the company’s CEO Stéphane Bancel as the company moves beyond the coronavirus vaccine and pushes toward a so-called personalized cancer vaccine. 

It was a difficult shoot with extremely limited access; lab spaces were generally off-limits or behind glass and had about 3 minutes for portraits with the CEO. 

Moderna employees work at desks near a lab in pharmaceutical company Moderna's MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
Stéphane Bancel is the CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, seen here at Moderna's offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Nov. 14, 2022. Moderna is best-known for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but is working on vaccines for other diseases including a personal cancer vaccine.
Seen in his office during an interview with Le Point reporter François Miguet, Stéphane Bancel is the CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, seen here at Moderna's offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Nov. 14, 2022. Moderna is best-known for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but is working on vaccines for other diseases including a personal cancer vaccine.
Stéphane Bancel is the CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, seen here at Moderna's offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Nov. 14, 2022. Moderna is best-known for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but is working on vaccines for other diseases including a personal cancer vaccine.
A scientist works with automated pipetting equipment in Moderna's lab for preclinical research and tech development in pharmaceutical company Moderna MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
Scientists work in Moderna's lab for preclinical research and tech development in pharmaceutical company Moderna MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
A scientist works with automated pipetting equipment in Moderna's lab for preclinical research and tech development in pharmaceutical company Moderna MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
A multi-person glovebox stands in a lab in pharmaceutical company Moderna's MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
A lab in pharmaceutical company Moderna's MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
An exterior view of pharmaceutical company Moderna's manufacturing building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.

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