In August 2021 Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. These photos are from the rebuild and recovery efforts a year later.

Getting ready for the lunar eclipse in Teton Valley, Idaho May 14, 2022.

Mom on an escalator going up in the Paris' Metro - Paris, Frace 2022

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Shishmaref, Alaska is a remote village of about 600 people located 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle, flanked by the Chukchi Sea to the north and an inlet to the south, and it sits atop rapidly melting permafrost. In the last decades, the island's shores have been eroding into the sea, falling off in giant chunks whenever a big storm hits. Sarichef Island (on which Shishmaref is located) is part of a dynamic, 100 km-long barrier island chain that records human and environmental history spanning the past 2000 years. Erosion at Shishmaref is unique along the islands because of its...

Photographs By: Chris Rusanowsky Based in Weatherford, Texas, A city with a hidden past of slavery is exposed by a family of sixth generation Black Americans; Tony Crawford and James Gray. Together these two brothers, alongside with their friends and supporters, fight to remove a Confederate soldier Statue from the county courthouse, while discovering the dark history of the city.

Photographs & Text By: Chris Rusanowsky The state of California faced its worst fire season in history. One of the worst fires located in Los Angeles and Ventura County named the Woolsey Fire. This wildfire burned; 96,949 acres and destroyed 1,643 structures. Three people reported to have died in the blaze, and over a quarter-million evacuated. Miles away from the wild fire's front line, you can see a smoke cloud rising in the sky. Ash rains down on the population below, a warning that the fire is growing stronger. As the fires move closer to residential areas, whole...

Photographs & Text By: Chris Rusanowsky North Dakota has become the center of conversation for a more energy-efficient move for the United States. With the discovery of oil in "The Bakken Shale" and hydraulic fracing, people from all over the country migrated to the rural towns of North Dakota. The rumors almost hard to believe that you could make six-figures as a roughneck attracted most of the new occupants. The majority of the oil field workers were male and would find themselves living in overpriced "man camps" provided by oil companies. The struggles of depression, fatigue,...

Photographs & Text By: Chris Rusanowsky On May 29, 2020, The city of Dallas erupted in mass protests, as did many large cities around the country. A video went viral of a man named George Floyd being killed in public by Minneapolis Police.  Dallas was one of the cities that faced days of protest and riots on city streets. Dallas Police used tear gas, rubber bullets, and pepper balls to control and disperse the crowds. In Dallas, the protest began peacefully without violence, men and women of all colors marched the streets chanting “No Justice, No Peace” and “Black...

Photography & Text By: Chris Rusanowsky In the small town of Sweetwater, Texas, a controversial event happens every year, which brings about forty thousand visitors to this town that’s populated with ten thousand residents. The Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup was created to keep control of the growing number of rattlesnakes that call home to farmlands, pasters, and cattle ranches. Every year rattlesnake hunters bring in thousands of snakes that will be killed, skinned, and sold on the market. Visitors will witness the bloody acts that Jaycees’ members put on to educate and...

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