This fall I finished my last semester of college and started my first foray into freelance work. Before going to New York in August to meet with editors, I was not sure how well freelancing would go for me. I was still a full time student at UNC and did not have a lot of experience navigating the freelance world. As it turned out, I had no reason to be concerned. The editors I worked with were all wonderful, the assignments were engaging and the people I photographed were endlessly kind. Anyway, here are a few of my personal favorites from both class and freelancing this fall. Links to the related stories are below each image.
Jacquelyn Nance, left, sophomore, Taikasha Quattlebaum, freshman, and Emily Grimes, sophomore, rent seat backs to benefit the Air Force ROTC during the East Carolina game against Connecticut in Greenville, NC on Thursday, October 23, 2014.
John Dee Holeman performs at The Pit Authentic Barbecue in Durham, NC on September 18, 2014. "A lot of our greatest artists live in poverty, earning $7,000-10,000 a year," Tim Duffy, Music Maker Relief Foundation founder and executive director, said.
Children in the YMCA Summer Camp play in the spray of a fire hose outside of Ridgeland Elementary School on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. The Ridgeland Fire Department came to the school to teach the children about fire safety. This was the children's reward for getting all of the questions correct on the verbal fire safety quiz.
Victor Lytvinenko poses for a portrait in Raleigh Denim, the hand-made denim company he founded with his wife, in Raleigh, NC.
Joshua Seitter, 12, and Whiskey Lullaby at the North Carolina State Fair on October 25, 2013.
This image is a part of a portrait series called "Fair Kids."
De'Juanna Bethea, 15, sits for a portrait outside of Lil Bill's convenience store in Dillon, S.C. on Sunday, July 20, 2014. She is originally from Dillon, but now goes to Lumberton High School, which is just north of the state line into North Carolina, because she said that the education is much better there.
Louis Van Houten, my grandfather, stands for a portrait in front of his antique collection in Sherwood Forest, MD. The antiques have been arranged that way on the wall for 24 years.
An abandoned school desk sits in a classroom inside the old Ridgeland Middle School building in Ridgeland, S.C. on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Up until the desegregation of schools, the building only housed classes for the minority students in the county. Now the district is planning on restoring the building to use for office space and community programs.