Experienced, portrait photographer in Washington, D.C.

Photographed for the New York Times: Resting his arm on a stack of legal paperwork related to taxi medallion loans, Demetrios Manolitsis, who bought 15 medallions at inflated prices, poses for a portrait in his office. Chicago taxi medallions, now worth about $25,000 each, were once valued at nearly $400,000. The market's crash and predatory loans caused many medallion owners to declare bankruptcy in a situation made worse by the introduction of ride share apps like Lyft and Uber to the market.

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Photographed for the Wall Street Journal: Michael Rafidi, a 35-year-old chef, spent more than a decade working at top eateries in Philadelphia, Washington and San Francisco while dreaming of opening his own restaurant. In 2016, he started raising more than $1 million to develop an upscale Levantine restaurant that drew on his Palestinian heritage. He opened its doors in Washington’s hip Navy Yard on Feb. 20.

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Photographed for the New York Times: Michela Anderson, a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School, poses for a portrait on campus. Anderson is a co-founder of SAFE -- Students Advocating for Equity -- which educates students on issues such as consent and equality.

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Photographed for the New York Times: Angela F. Williams, the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way Worldwide, poses for a portrait at the United Way Worldwide offices in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Photographed for the New York Times: Womenswear designer Anifa Mvuemba poses for a portrait near her home. Mvuemba has seen a big increase in interest in her Pink Label Congo clothing line after debuting a three-dimensional fashion show on YouTube and Instagram Live.

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Photographed for the New York Times: Jeff Alson, a former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor at the EPA, poses for a portrait at the University of Michigan’s battery laboratory where researchers evaluate technologies for electric and hybrid vehicles in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After 40 years at the EPA, Alson, who helped develop car greenhouse gas standards, left when the Trump Administration’s fuel economy analysis and policy ignored decades of research. Alson now serves on the advisory board for University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability.

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Photographed for The Atlantic: Julie Harmon is photographed in her home in New Palestine, Indiana. Harmon and about two dozen others recently discovered that they have the same biological father: the Indianapolis fertility doctor who treated all their mothers.

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Photographed for Bleacher Report: NBA point guard Demetrius Jackson

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Photographed for Politico: Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged in the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald, awaits trial.

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Photographed for the New York Times: Karen Ge, 17, poses for a portrait at Nichols Library after classes at Naperville North High School. Graduating this spring, Ge has been accepted into MIT but her admission to Harvard was deferred.

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Photographed for the New York Times: Defense attorney Jack Bradley poses for a portrait in his law office in Lorain, Ohio. In 1994, Joseph Allen and Nancy Smith were convicted of child molestation charges, which Judge James Burge vacated in 2009.

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Photographed for Medium: Nick Kokonas poses for a portrait in the front dining room of his Chicago restaurant Alinea.

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A wrestler poses for a portrait in studio lighting. Washington, D.C.-based photographer, videographer and writer, newspapers, magazines, nonprofits, NGOs, foundations and corporations. Advertising, marketing. Freelance, photojournalism, portraiture

Photographed for the Omaha World-Herald: Nebraska State Wrestling Championships. Austin Ruskamp, 160 pounds, of Freeman High School, at left, and Evan Sisel, 170 pounds, of East Butler High School.

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Photographed for the Wall Street Journal: Erica Y. Williams, the Chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, poses for a portrait in her office in Washington, D.C. The PCAOB has struggled to have an impact over its 20 years of existence, in part because the industry and congress haven't wanted that to happen. Now the organization's new head, Erica Williams, is pushing to change that.

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Photographed for the Nebraska Alumni magazine: Gerard Keating

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Photographed for Pella Windows: For a "Meet the Designer" feature

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Photographed for the New York Times: Dr. Jamila Perritt, an obstetrician-gynecologist and the president of Physicians for Reproductive Health, which supports abortion rights, said the surge of new legislation should be “a rallying call” for doctors who had not been previously engaged. “There is no state — there is no place — that is safe,” she said. “Everything is at risk right now.”

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Photographed for the New York Times: Jen Psaki, President Joe Biden's former press secretary, poses for a portrait in her office at MSNBC where she will soon start a new role as an anchor.

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Photographed for the Wall Street Journal: Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan poses for a portrait in an FTC meeting room in Washington, D.C.