Editorial Stills
A selection of published editorial images from various newsrooms.
Snoop Dogg, 2017.
Jaheem Hunter, dressed as Spiderman, jumps in a bounce house during his sixth birthday party, Jun. 15, 2018. One year prior, Jaheem was shot in the head by a stray round outside his father’s building in the Bronx.
Nunavut, Canada, 2019.
A New York Police officer walks during the New York City Pride parade, 2011.
Model and activist Mama Cax walks during the Chromat show during New York Fashion Week, 2018.
Japanese macaques groom each other in the hot springs of Nagano, Japan, 2017.
An attendee participates in a protest of President Donald Trump's planned ban on Muslim travel in Washington Square Park in New York on January, 25, 2017.
Participants take part in paddle board yoga in the Hudson River in New York City, 2017.
Dog handler Ellen Perry trims Governor, a 4-year-old bichon frisé of Plymouth, Mich., ahead of the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show in New York City, Feb. 10, 2014.
A crowd erupts as Wu Tang Clan takes the stage in Austin, Texas, 2018.
Writer Kevin Fallon gets a drag queen makeover, 2019.
A man naps with his dog, Cape Coast, Ghana, 2013.
Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Convention, July 22, 2016.
Hundreds of attendees watch the hot air balloon glow at the annual Green River Festival in Greenfield, Mass., 2017.
Global Mamas is a Ghanaian nonprofit organization that helps women set up sustainable small businesses as seamstresses, batikers, and jewelry makers. I traveled to Cape Coast to interview and photograph these contractors for Global Mama's fundraising and marketing materials.
Women of Ghana
The 2016 presidential election was an unprecedented circus of controversy and chaos. I spent time on the campaign trail for The Daily Beast - From Hillary's campaign announcement to the conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia, here are some candid moments from the race to the White House.
2016 Election
The Coney Island Circus Sideshow
Across from the West 8th stop in Brooklyn, nestled between the New York Aquarium and Coney Island’s amusement ride mecca, is a show that’s been going strong for more than a century: The Coney Island Circus Sideshow. Each year during the warmer months, tens of thousands flock to Coney Island’s boardwalk for Nathan’s Hot Dogs, a ride on the Cyclone roller coaster, or for the annual Mermaid Day Parade. But blink and you may miss one of the true staples of Coney Island: Sideshow by the Seashore, off 12th St and Surf Avenue. Vagabonds and New York natives alike call the Coney Island Sideshow home, performing circus classics such as sword swallowing, fire breathing and being chopped into pieces via a “blade box.” The acts and tone draw heavy influence from the circus and magic greats—P.T. Barnum, Houdini, Ringling Brothers and more. With hand-painted murals adorning the façade and the obviously close-knit community of performers, this loving freakshow is a heartwarming time capsule to circus days of yore.
Alexander Eric Vargas sits backstage before the first performance of the day. Vargas, who performs with the name Alejandro Dubois, has been entertaining since he was 13 years old. In the seasons he’s not performing full time, Vargas teaches mixed martial arts to children. At the Coney Island show, he performs fire acts, escape arts, sword swallowing, and often hosts the shows.
Nola Star performs her fire dancing routine as the finale for the sideshow. When not eating fire or lying on a bed of nails, she works as a beautician at a salon in Manhattan.
Patrick “Mr. Strange” Salazar announces the acts of the sideshow to passerbys on West 12th Street in Coney Island. “I love my job,” Salazar gushed. “I get to yell for a living.”
The colorful Sideshow building in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
Zoe Ziegfeld gets dressed backstage. The snake charmer got her first pet snake when she was 8 years old, and has been working with albino pythons professionally for about a year. Aside from dancing with snakes in Coney Island, she also performs as a burlesque dancer in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Ray Valenz hits a nail into his nostril, an act known as “human blockhead.”
Alexandra Furillo—who performs under the name Nola Star—rests her head on Patrick “Mr. Strange” Salazar backstage.
Leo “The Human Gumby” performs his contortion act that he’s taken across the world, from Mexico City to Australia. The East New York native has been performing only five years, he’s been stretching for 10. Prior to becoming a full-time performer, he was a traffic cop in Brooklyn.
Performer Betty Bloomerz pulls up her stockings backstage at the Coney Island Sideshow. All performers are required to wear costumes of some sort.
Alejandro Dubois breathes fire during his act.
Betty Bloomerz applies makeup backstage before performing. Prior to sword swallowing, she worked as a yoga teacher.
Princess Pat Muko performs a dance with the 35-pound albino python, Dionysus.
Cigarettes, eyelashes and various makeup decorate the counter backstage.
A painted mural by Marie Roberts outside of the Coney Island Sideshow.
Marie Roberts poses with her sketches and paintings inside her Coney Island studio. Roberts has been the Artist in Residence at Coney Island since 1997, and painted the murals that adorn the outside of the sideshow with her art students. Roberts comes from a family of circus performers, and laughs that she “grew up speaking carnie.”
Alejandro Dubois prepares a blade box illusion with Zoe Ziegfeld during the Coney Island Sideshow.
Betty Bloomerz swallows a sword during her act. Bloomerz was crowned “Miss Coney Island” last year, and offers an impressive act of swallowing swords that are jagged and uneven.
Mr. Strange walks upstairs to the Coney Island Museum, located directly above the sideshow.
Coney Island, the last stop on the Q Train in Brooklyn. After Labor Day, the Coney Island Sideshow continues on the weekends through September, and will return in late March when the warmer weather returns to Brooklyn.