Best of GRID Alternatives

GRID Alternatives installer unloads solar equipment from a truck at a residential installation site in Los Angeles, California.
GRID Alternatives installers work on a rooftop solar installation at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota.

Documentary photography and motion for GRID Alternatives, a national nonprofit making solar energy and job training accessible to underserved communities. This selection spans three locations — Washington, D.C., Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and Los Angeles, California — and includes portraits, installation photography, aerial drone imagery, and documentary coverage of GRID's workforce development programs.

A homeowner and children stand in front of their home on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation after a GRID Alternatives solar installation, South Dakota.
Portrait of a GRID Alternatives solar installer in full safety gear at a residential installation site in Los Angeles, California.
GRID Alternatives IBT 200 solar installation trainees pose in full harness gear at a training site in Los Angeles, California.
A completed residential solar installation on a home at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, installed through GRID Alternatives' Tribal Energy Alternatives program.
A GRID Alternatives installer guides a solar panel lifted during a residential installation in Los Angeles, California.
GRID Alternatives IBT 120 trainees warm up before a hands-on solar installation training session at the Sycamore and Oak facility in Washington, D.C.
GRID Alternatives IBT 120 trainees warm up before a hands-on solar installation training session at the Sycamore and Oak facility in Washington, D.C.
A GRID Alternatives IBT 120 trainee smiles during a hands-on electrical training session at the Sycamore and Oak facility in Washington, D.C.
GRID Alternatives IBT 120 trainees practice electrical wiring skills during solar installation training at the Sycamore and Oak facility in Washington, D.C.
GRID Alternatives IBT 120 trainees practice hands-on electrical skills during solar installation training at the Sycamore and Oak facility in Washington, D.C.
Two GRID Alternatives IBT 200 solar installation trainees pose in full harness gear in Los Angeles, California.
GRID Alternatives IBT 200 trainees work together on solar installation equipment during training in Los Angeles, California.
A GRID Alternatives IBT 200 graduate meets with a potential employer at the Demonstration Day job fair in Los Angeles, California.