
A rider and his horse stand at the rim of Oljato-Monument Valley in Navajo County, Arizona.

I have been making images professionally for 14 years. Below are some of my favorites in the categories of photojournalism, portraiture, sports, events, and wildlife.

Governor Roy Cooper (NC) speaks at Green Swamp Preserve about federal funding that supports carbon-reducing land conservation and restoration projects.

In the indigenous Guna Yala region of Panama, a hunter poses with his kill: a peccary.

Ben Folds performs at the Governor's Western Residence in Asheville, North Carolina.

A dancer twirls her dress in front of a fossilized dinosaur skull at "Dia de la Ciencia y la Cultura" at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Fans wave a Mexican flag and gesture as Formula 1 driver Sergio "Checo" Pérez drives by at the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix.

The northern lights dance and shine over Iceland.

Derek Rhodes speaks before receiving an award for Youth Mentoring Month at a city council meeting in Durham, North Carolina.

Citizens in Durham, North Carolina, burn the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia during a demonstration against white supremacy. This flag representation includes hooded Klansmen in lieu of the traditional white stars.

The referee halts the match as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner submits his opponent via arm bar and triangle.

The sun sets over Okracoke Island in North Carolina.

Ashley, a first-time mother, holds her son-to-be, King'Roy Ali.

Roller derby skaters jockey for position and points.

Alexander Fedoryka, band member of Scythian, plays the fiddle at Merlefest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

A Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner grimaces as he taps to a choke.

Phases of a full solar eclipse were seen from Yellow Springs, Ohio, in April 2024.

Married couple Stan and Jamie embrace.

Demonstrators raise Black Power fists outside the Durham County Court House during a demonstration against white supremacy.

People climb a barrier to retrieve a crashed drone at the Día de los Muertos parade in Mexico City.

Two waved albatrosses engage in a mating ritual on Española Island in the Galápagos.

Chief Phil Lane, Jr. of the Ihanktowan Lakota and Chickasaw nations smiles at a riot officer during a demonstration against the exclusion of Indigenous peoples from the 2015 Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama.

Margo Price sings at Merlefest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

Stormie Daie smolders at the microphone stand while emceeing a cabaret performance hosted by the Common Woman Chorus in Durham, North Carolina.

A roller derby skater attempts a star pass — a maneuver to exchange offensive positioning — in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Waves crash over an ice boulder on Diamond Beach in Iceland.

Citizens demonstrate to defund the police outside the Durham County Detention Facility in Durham, North Carolina.

Children in the indigenous region of Guna Yala, Panama, participate in a homecoming dance. The intersection of indigenous and Latino cultures in this village is the subject of my film, Armila.

During Día de los Muertos, paraders dress and march as Aztec warriors on the streets of Mexico City.

Groom-to-be Eric plays the guitar by firelight as his wedding party looks on.

First-time parents-to-be King'Roy and Ashley embrace.

A tourist navigates around a tight corner of an ice cave in Iceland.

Hunters trek through the Darién Rainforest in the indigenous Guna Yala region of Panama. The intersection of indigenous and Latino cultures in this village is the subject of my film, Armila.

Anna plucks her ukulele at a cabaret performance hosted by the Common Woman Chorus in Durham, North Carolina.

A critically endangered red wolf smiles for the camera at the Museum of Life + Science in Durham, North Carolina.

Josh Baca, of the band Los Texmaniacs, plays the accordion during a Merlefest performance in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

Two marine iguanas embrace on Isla Santa Cruz in the Galápagos.

Still waters reflect the ice and sky in Glacier Lagoon, Iceland.