Atlanta Protest in response to police shootings

As tensions rose again following recent police shootings of unarmed black men, I covered Atlanta's reaction for The Associated Press.  Demonstrators gathered at the Center for Civil and Human Rights and then marched in the streets of Atlanta following the police shooting deaths of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Most Segregated Hour

This is a powerful story about two churches, one white and one black, coming together to work through race issues.   Associated Press writer Rachel Zoll and I worked on this story together in Macon, Georgia.

Walter Chadwick - Back from the dead

Walter Chadwick was a star running back at The University of Tennessee.  He had a short stint in the pros and eventually took a job as the head football coach at Wills High School in Smyrna, Ga.  Only after two weeks of being on the job, he was in a car crash that left him brain damaged.  Many thought he had died in the car crash, but he is alive and well and many recently gathered to honor him.

This is an assignment I shot for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

Atlanta Mosque honors Muhammad Ali

With no assignments on the calendar this day, I set out to make some images for myself. It's very important that photographers keep themselves staying hungry and sharp. 

Members of many different faiths gathered to honor the late Muhammad Ali during an interfaith service at the Atlanta Masjid of Al Islam in Atlanta, Georgia.  The light was extremely beautiful following the service that day.  My hope was to capture the rich culture and beauty that exist within this community in Atlanta.

Small Towns - Personal Project

We all see the small brown sign that reads "Historic Downtown" when we enter most small cities in America.  This week I began visiting these cities and meeting locals.  Some of these cities are thriving while many are becoming vacant.

A house sits surrounded by overgrown grass in Kingston Ga.

A cross sits on display inside a cemetery in Kingston, Ga.
 

A tractor and a utility truck are seen through the windows what used to be a restaurant in downtown Kingston, Ga.

A car drives through a mostly vacant downtown Kingston, Ga.

86-year-old G.B. Hood, who has lived in Kingston his whole life, exits a local convenience store in downtown Kingston, Ga.

86-year-old G.B. Hood, who has lived in Kingston his whole life, is reflected in the doors of a local convenience store in downtown Kingston, Ga.

A sign sits on display in front of a mostly vacant downtown Kingston, Ga.

Kingston, Georgia resident Ronald Lee crosses over the railroad tracks in downtown Kingston, Friday, May 13, 2016.  Kingston, like many small American towns, are becoming vacant.  Lee says that due to extremely low water pressure, businesses don't have sufficient water pressure to operate their businesses.