starfruit cut into slices is laid out on a drying sheet. Shafts of light highlight the fruit and the reflective metal tray. Created for our farm, showcasing our sustainable efforts in preserving what we grow.

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Es Bueno Compartir
Utuado

one of the banana plants on the farm. This color image highlights the texture of the leaves of a young banana plant.
two large banana racks are laid out next to our neighbor’s car. This black and white image gives people who are not familiar with tropical agriculture a perspective on how big a rack of bananas can be.
experimental 35mm film creates the light leak effect across the top half of the image. We look at the bottom of a rack of plantains.

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Richmond City Health Dept.
Virginia

work created for Richmond City Health Distract, showing holy basil grown in the community garden of Carver, a public housing complex in Richmond, Virginia.

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NPR

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Bold Nebraska

A group gathers ahead of harvesting sacred Ponca corn near neligh, nebraska.
Children are pictured planting sacred Ponca corn. Each child holds a cup, visible inside the cup are small blue kernels of sacred Ponca corn.
Full ears of blue corn were set aside for tribal elders
a Nebraska landowner returns a small parcel of land to the Ponca tribes. The land is situated along the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route. Returning the land is an attempt to restrict imminent domain from taking the land to build a pipeline.
among the plants ready for harvest, people gather sacred Ponca corn.
Sacred Ponca corn comes in many colors. Pictured is a red ear lit up in the sunlight during harvesting.
My image on the cover of YES! Magazine. The story related to the work of Bold Nebraska, showcased in the section above this one.

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Yes! Magazine

outtake from the YES! Magazine cover. Ben stands beside the outside wall of a large red barn. He stands in the show, and holds a sign that says “Windmills not oil spills”.
Ben stands at a podium, wearing his signature hat and cowboy garb. Behind him is an American flag, affixed to the wall of the school gymnasium that this state dept. hearing is taking place.

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2018 Kamala Harris Campaign
Iowa

image made on the campaign trail, stumping for local Iowa candidates. Kamala Harris shakes hands with a young person who attended the event.
image made on the campaign trail, stumping for local Iowa candidates. Kamala Harris claps as she enters the stage after being introduced.
image made on the campaign trail, stumping for local Iowa candidates. A

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Artist Daren Kendall

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Archivist Cheyenne Flotree

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Artist Pallavi Sen