Honorable Mention / 2016 / Portraiture / Personality

Refugees Welcome

A young Somali refugee takes part in a summer enrichment
program where he learns English and American cultural mores in a
small New England town.

I have spent most of my career working around the globe in international development projects. During that time, I was inspired to photograph the world that many in the United States fail to see. I am fascinated by the masks that hide the individual whether psychological, social or by the face with which they were born.