This is a selection of what I consider some of my best individual photos by year. These are photos that are not part of a set or reporting assignment that I’ve shared here on the site. Many have appeared in articles I’ve written for Al Jazeera, The Progressive, for other assignments, or have never been officially published.
2022
Mayan Achi Victims of Guatemala’s internal armed celebrate a court victory against sexual violence – January 2022 (published by Al Jazeera)LGBTIQ+ activists march against legislation that would further criminalize them – March 2022 (Published by Al Jazeera)Two women stand outside of a vaccination site in Santiago Atitlán, Sololá – April 2022 (Published by Al Jazeera)Women in the village of Tzucubal, Nahuala prepare food for those who visit the family after they lost their son in the tragedy in San Antonio, Texas – July 2022
2021
Don Benjamin and his daughter carry bundles of wheat from their field in the village of Tuichilupe, Comitancillo, San Marcos, Guatemala – February 2021Tourists watch the eruption of the Pacaya volcano – April 2021A woman removes corn in the community of Campur, San Pedro Carcha, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala – April 2021 A woman bundles onions in a community near Zunil, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala – June 2021Edwin de la Cruz moves bunches of bananas towards the road near the village of Agua Blanca, Olopá, Chiquimula, Guatemala – November 2021
2020
A cotton candy vendor rides his bike down the street in Guatemala City during the COVID-19 pandemic – April 2020A woman sits in her makeshift home on a land occupation in the village of Chitún, Tucuru, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala – October 2020Riot police chase protesters from the area as the Guatemalan congressional office burns – November 2020Guatemalan riot police utilized tear gas to drive back protesters, resulting in injuries of protesters – November 2020A woman prepares tamales in the Mayan Ixil village of Xepiun, Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala – December 2020
2019
A woman makes an offering in a Mayan ceremony in Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala – February 2019A woman from the village of Pilar 1 in San Juan Sacatepequez attends roses – April 2019 Women walk along the road in the department of Totonicapán – May 2019Janet hand stitches a traditional skirt in the Indigenous Mayan Mam town of Colotenango, Huehuetenango – August 2019An effigy of former Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is burned outside of congress – December 2019
2018
A woman places her hand on the car carrying the coffin of Claudia Gomez González, a young girl killed by US border patrol – May 2018Remains of Guatemala’s internal armed conflict are returned to a monument at the site where they were found – June 2018Guatemalan National Civilian Police stand guard outside a clothing store ahead of a protest ahead of independence day – September 2018A man carries an image of El Salvador’s archbishop, Monseñor Romero, who was killed in the 1980’s on the day of his canonization in San Salvador – November 2018A resident of the Indigenous Mayan Mam town of San Juan Atitan carries flowers after being elected to the local government for the year – November 2018
2017
Two men move contraband from one bus to another in Huehuetenango, Guatemala – January 2017Vendors escape the rain in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico – July 2017A campesino sorts the harvest in a land occupation on the finca Las Palmeras near the municipality of Cuyotenango – November 2017A lorito looks at the camera on the land occupation on finca Las Palmeras in Cuyotenango, Guatemala – November 2017 A young man touches up the paint on a mural in the enterance of San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala – November 2017
2016
A girl walks past a mural depicting the horrors of Guatemala’s internal armed conflict in the town of San Cristobal Verapaz, Alta Verapaz – January 2016Fishermen in the Indigenous community of San Pedro la Laguna clean up garbage from the famous Lake Atitlán – May 2016Teachers with Section 22 of the Oaxacan teachers union in Mexico gather for a wake for a teacher who was killed during protests – July 2016El Rilaj Mam or Maximon in Santiago Atitlan – August 2016Young men stand on a hill overlooking the fair grounds for the Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Huehuetenango community fair – October 2016
2015
A woman sits in a comunal building in Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango – March 2015A Mayan Q’eqchi woman hangs clothing during a protest and occupation demanding the end of forced evictions and a solution for a resolution to conflicts outside of the Presidential Palace in Guatemala City – April 2015Two Mayan Q’eqchi girls dance in a classroom in the village of Monte Olivio, Cobán, Alta Verapaz – August 2015Firefighters respond to a plane crash in Guatemala City – November 2015Thousands of devil piñatas sit in a warehouse in Guatemala City a week prior to the traditional burning of the devil – December 2015
2014
Teacehers from Canada, Mexico, and US protesting for Public Education – Chicago, Illinois – May 2014Campesinos – Puebla, Mexico – August 2014Los Encuentros, Sololá, Guatemala – September 2014Santiago Sacatépequez – November 2014Members of the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico gather under a giant Mexican flag to commemorate the anniversary of their uprising – December 2014
