Saturday, August 17, 2013

DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

(Updating blog...posting from April 20th)


APRIL 20, 2013 Harlem, New York City--On the 24th Anniversary of one of the great justice system failures of our time, supporters of the Central Park Five staged a rally and march in Harlem to demand justice for the men, now in their mid-late thirties. On April 19th, 1989 five black and latino teenage men were wrongly accused and convicted of raping Trisha Meili, a white woman, as she jogged at night in New york city’s famed Central Park. The case dubbed the Central Park Jogger case gripped the nation and exposed the racism that weaved itself in the very fabric of America. 

All five men were convicted in 1990 and began serving prison terms ranging from six to eleven years. In 2002, Matias Reyes, a convicted rapist and murderer serving a life sentence for other crimes, confessed to raping Trisha Meili when he was seventeen and that he acted alone, plus DNA evidence confirmed his crime. This led District Attorney Robert Morgenthau’s office to recommend vacating the convictions of the teenagers originally accused and sentenced to prison. In 2003, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana Jr., and Antron McCray, three of the Central Park Five, sued the city for racial discrimination and emotional distress. As of April 2013, the suit is yet to be settled. The city is refusing to settle the suits, citing the "confessions that withstood intense scrutiny, in full and fair pretrial hearings and at two lengthy public trials." Click through the album below to view the images from today’s rally and march.








Kevin Richardson, one of the Central Park Five.





Raymond Santana, Central Park Five

Yusuf Salaam, Central Park Five





Three of the Central Park Five: Yusuf Salaam, Kevin Richardson and raymond Santana.

News clipping of the Central Park Five.




Lost in thought/surrounded by baggage, NYC


Wednesday, August 14, 2013

EXHIBITION: ART + PROTEST

ONLY 3 days left to check out this amazing exhibition!  C'mon Uptown to the historic Malcom X and Betty Shabazz Center to view over one hundred documentary photographs by twenty-two photographers (including me) in the exhibition titled ART + PROTEST!






Saturday, August 10, 2013

Recent work



Been shootin' up a storm lately, for private clients and myself.  I like when I'm in a creative flow and my third eye opens. Nothing feels more free!



b'ball 'round the way. bushwick, brooklyn. nyc

pigeon crossing


Young woman on the Long Island Railroad

Long Island Railroad (Forest Hills) Station.
The everyday
all day
every day

SGL in the city






Thursday, August 01, 2013

My photography presentation with the young members of Boys Club of New York


Here I am presenting and discussing my photography with the middle-school aged boys at the Boys Club of New York. The goal was to inspire them to believe in the creative process and to peak their interests in a future career in the arts. They were engaged, asked tons of questions, made great comments about my work and according to the staff there, my presentation was GREAT! I love sharing my passion for photography with youth! Thanks BCNY for the opportunity!!