Documentary photography:
Focused on amplifying voices, preserving history, and telling human stories.

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Stories

Wrestlers That Pray

Kolkata, India — 12/2025

MUD MOney

Varanasi, India — 12/2025

Sex, Money, Paradox

La Paz, Bolivia — 10/2024

rana | State assembly

Queens, New York — 11/2025

In Their father’s place

Varanasi, India — 12/2025

kiki culture

Brooklyn, New York — 01/2026

Project Cherry Fresa • • Two (ish) weeks out from the @cascadianclassic in Redmond, Oregon. @drealimon worked with her posing coach, @____teasa_mack , to refine small details in her walk and how her body transitioned from front to back. W
Dinner @ Abuelito’s • • This is my grandfather, Reynaldo Alcázar. He immigrated from La Paz, Bolivia to Greeley, Colorado when he was 18. He started a family, went to college, earned a PhD, and spent his career teaching as a p
The Wild West of the southern hemisphere — I feel like this airport-microwaved roll of celluloid tells that story. • • 1. My fearless chef 2. My second time in a brothel 3. I honestly can’t remember 4. Somewhere in the Bolivian
Isla del Sol — no cars, just boats, donkeys, and dress shoes. • A boat ride from the south to the north costs 500 BOB ($70 USD for 6 ppl). I thought the girl on the boat was sad because I took her photo without asking, but it turned out sh
Market mujeres • • I miss menú del dia :( • • • #perù #sonya7iii #travellphotography #documentaryphotography #cusco
Huayna Potosí Ascent 19,974ft (6,088m) • • If you’re going to do this - bring your own food and more than 4L of water. • • 1. Mi guía 2. Our cook 3. Base camp portrait 4. Bring your own food 5. Altitude sick
Stuck in the mountains part 2 - Oreos and water • • • 1. F*ck 2. Oh f*ck 3. Me almost being hit by a bulldozer 4. Angry Spanish I don’t understand 5. Waiting patiently in the cold rain • • • #missyouall #sony #c
Stuck in the mountains part 1 • • • • #sony #craftersgonnacraft #perù #portait #sonya7 #photography #yashika #contax #zeisslens #photo #digitalart #photographyart #art #Ziess #nikkor #photographyeveryday #travelphotography
A small island off the coast of Colombia • • • #costina #missyouall #sony #craftersgonnacraft #colombia🇨🇴 #portait #sonya7iii #photography #yashika #contax #zeisslens #photo #digitalart #photographyart #art #Ziess #nikkor #photograph
Colombia’s Pacific Coast • • • #missyouall #sony #craftersgonnacraft #colombia🇨🇴 #portait #sonya7iii #photography #yashika #contax #zeisslens #photo #digitalart #photographyart #art #Ziess #nikkor #photographyeveryday #travelp
Jardín Colombia • • • #missyouall #sony #craftersgonnacraft #colombia🇨🇴 #portait #sonya7iii #photography #yashika #contax #zeisslens #photo #digitalart #photographyart #art #Ziess #nikkor #photographyeveryday #travelphotograph
The salty sunrise that changed my life • • • #missyouall #sony #craftersgonnacraft #bolívia #portait #sonyaZii #photography #yashika #contax #zeisslens #photo #digitalart #photographyart #art #Ziess #nikkor #photographyeveryda