I recently photographed Shayreen for part of Education Week's coverage of September 11. For the story, I spent a day with her, a young Muslim student who has taken it upon herself to serve as a positive representative for her religion, and the rest of her family at their home in central Rhode Island. It was a very pleasant afternoon, and I enjoyed the challenge of photographing an Islam-centric story without depending on a shot of the subject kneeling in prayer. My goal was to show the personality of Shayreen, a very upbeat and friendly young girl who just happens to be Muslim, and I'm happy that Nicole, through her editing, supported me in this. The shot leading the web presentation of the story does just what I'd hoped do with my pictures--Shayreen's religion is just a part of who she is. You can read the story online at Education Week's website: For Muslim Students, Life Changed After Sept. 11 and you can see more pictures from the shoot at my archive: Education Week - For Muslim Students, Life Changed After Sept. 11

Here are a few from recent coverage of the New Hampshire presidential campaign. There's a gallery of selects in the main section of the website, and the full take at my photoshelter archive.

My submission to Longshot Magazine, a publication produced over 48 hours in late July 2011, was a humble effort that almost didn’t come to pass. When the theme was announced on Friday, I was flummoxed. Maybe portraits of payday lenders? Maybe a study of bank advertising? None of it struck me. Weather was bad in Boston, though, so it wouldn’t have been fun to take pictures on that Friday anyway. Waking up on Saturday, I was struck with an idea to ask people about how much money they owe. With a few hours before the deadline, I was striking out. No one was willing to be photographed and tell me how much money they owed. Then I decided rather than asking for a number, I would ask people to describe how much debt they have and that the portraits should be anonymous. Over about 45 minutes, ten or twelve people let me take their picture and told me about their debt. I squeaked in right under the wire, and thankfully, the editors like the project. I completed 12 portraits, and above, you'll see 8. Four were published in the magazine. All portraits are available at my archive: How much do you owe?

Earlier this summer, I took my first trip to Cape Cod. Not being from the east coast, the Cape has always been the stuff of stories of others people's lives. Had a great time traveling up the length of the cape and spending a night in Provincetown. These are a few favorite shots from the trip, which was mostly a vacation with an old friend and which also included a quick jog down the length of Rhode Island, numerous whale sightings, and getting reacquainted with cool ocean breeze on beaches.

This year is MIT's 150th anniversary, and as part of the celebration the Institute revived an old tradition and opened its hallways and labs to the public for a one-day event, "Under the Dome." I was photographed the event for MIT's New Office. More images are available in my archive: MIT 150: Under the Dome open house

On June 3rd, 2011, I photographed the 145th commencement ceremony at MIT for the Institute's News Office. Most exciting, I got to go up onto MIT's Great Dome to get some crowd shots. Here are a few of my favorites from the day, and more can be seen at the News Office's coverage of the day, and at my archive: 2011 MIT Commencement.