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Taylonn Murphy, Penny Wrencher, Shenee Johnson and Vernell Britt have all lost children to gun violence. Last Saturday, they came together at the "Children's Day of Peace" event at Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway. JJIE photographer Laura Bult documented the moving event.
New York-based photographer Robert Stolarik documents the response from community members in the Bronx where 14-year-old Javier Payne was allegedly pushed through a window by the NYPD.
What happens when you put a camera into the hands of a Haitian child? Good things.
The plan? To photograph inmates at Maine State Prison and superimpose their portraits on letters they would write to their younger selves.
In one diverse community in Portland, Maine, the Kennedy Park basketball courts are a gathering space for folks of all ages, races and backgrounds in which to cooperate both in sport and community.
Stunning portraits of young LGBTQ residents of New Orleans who tell stories about the darker side of the city that affects their lives.
In 1944 George Stinney Jr., age 14, was shocked to death in an electric chair that didn’t fit his small frame. He was the youngest person executed in 20th-century America.
Now a mother, Lindsay Curio doesn’t use meth anymore, but the drug controlled her for 12 years, dictating her every move from the time she became addicted as a young girl.
At Trenton Central High School in New Jersey, where the ceilings are literally crumbling and the auditorium is condemned, I wonder how anything gets done at all. What is it like to attend high school in a campus that is falling apart? Photographer Andrew Wilkinson examines.
Every isolation cell in every juvenile detention center in the United States could be redesigned with calm muted paint colors, cushioned mattresses with soft sheets and blankets, and luxurious, private bathrooms but it wouldn’t matter. Their purpose would remain to isolate the youth from contact with others.