Arlene stands inside her waterlogged home on February 23, 2025, after severe flooding in Stopover, Kentucky. Despite concerns of mold, Arlene was insistent on remaining in her home after floods hit the area the week before.
Javier Medrano holds his son Anthony, in a quiet moment, July 31, 2019, in Phoenix, Arizona. Anthony is currently being tested for autism, a diagnosis his father received just a few years earlier as an adult. Javier has spent a lifetime struggling for access to the same educational and professional opportunities as his peers, and his son's similar experience has inspired him to become a local equal opportunity activist.
Sandra stands in her home as it is halfway gutted after flooding hit her neighborhood in Coal, Run Kentucky, on February 22, 2024. An outpouring of neighbors, volunteers and family members arrived at her home after the worst of the flooding passed.
Eli Mariner and his son Junior sit in their newly-rented apartment on October 7, 2021, in Columbus, Georgia. The pair recently transitioned from experiencing homelessness after connecting with the Salvation Army and their housing resources.
Abdul Saadat sits at a public park as his daughters Yalda and Muskah play in Silver Springs, Maryland, on September 27, 2017. The Saadat family immigrated earlier that summer from Syria with refugee status.
Ophelia Bottoms takes a quick smoke break outside of Freddie's Beach Bar in Arlington, Va. on March 7, 2018. The two-hour performance is followed by karaoke most nights.
Toma Giuffre, 73, has struggled with chronic pain for decades, easing the pain with prescribed opioids like fentanyl. As years pass, her dosages gets higher. But since Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened near her home in Bethlehem, Giuffre has been weaning off the addictive drugs by vaping CBD liquid.
Alina Moguel, 15 and a ninth grader at Lamar High, poses for a portrait after a vigil for a classmate that was killed, at a church in Arlington on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Ja'Shawn James Poirier, 16, was shot by a classmate before school at Lamar High on Monday.
Tiffany Richardson holds a family photo that includes her son Cortez, in the white shirt, at her home in Columbus, Georgia, on August 19, 2021. Cortez was killed after a bullet from a nearby shooting, completely unrelated to the family driving home, pierced their car on August 13, 2021.
Christian Munoz poses for a portrait at the North Richland Hills/Smithfield Station on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in North Richland Hills. There is no direct public transportation to Munoz’s job so he walked miles on top of taking a train to his job when he temporarily didn’t have a car.
Earl McMillan was brought to Joseph’s House, a hospice care facility in Adams Morgan, to die in late 2017. Instead, he recovered from a serious infection and with the intense care of the nursing staff, learned to live healthily with his HIV diagnosis and recovered from a drug addiction. But after living a year in Joseph’s House, Earl relapsed and had to move out. The staff continues to support him whenever they can, taking him to medical appointments and helping him apply for government support.
Oscar Jones lies in a hospital bed on July 1, 2018, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Allentown, Pa., after being shot off of his motorbike at night by an unknown person. A bystander tried to drag Jones into a nearby house after he was shot, but it took him over 10 minutes to find a house that would let them in to call 911.
Pitmaster Cecilia Guerrero poses for a portrait outside of Goldee’s Barbecue in Fort Worth on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Goldee’s was recognized as 2021’s best BBQ in the state by Texas Monthly.