LOCATION: Staten Island, NY 2017
DETAILS: Kodak Portra 400
For the past year I've been busy working on a personal project that focuses on a handful of communities facing gentrification in Staten Island’s North Shore. In that time, I’ve had the opportunity to meet some of the most incredible people from community leaders and activists to local business owners, residents, and the everyday passerby.
While I toured neighborhoods like Stapleton, St. George, New Brighton, and more, where new developments are quickly becoming a mainstay, I began to photograph in color for the first time, experimenting with a different way of shooting and seeing.
These photographs offer a brief look at what I found to be the everyday life in some of the North Shore neighborhoods that I often frequent.