Alyssa, Schukar, photography, photographer, freelance, Chicago, editorial, freelancer, photojournalist, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, portrait, candid, portraits, posed, documentary

During a two-week trip to the Dominican Republic, a dozen young students from Chicago -- a city deeply fractured along ethnic and socioeconomic lines -- developed an understanding of how racism, colonialism, gender inequality and poverty influence Dominicans’ lives. The students discussed how their own skin color is perceived in America, and they learned how nationality and ethnicity can affect how people understand the world. Despite the geographic and cultural differences that separate these students from their Dominican peers, they learned they had more in common than they would have guessed.

Alyssa, Schukar, photography, photographer, freelance, Chicago, editorial, freelancer, photojournalist, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, portrait, candid, portraits, posed, documentary

One-woman town, Monowi, Nebraska