Grants
2022: California Arts Council, Jump StArt Grant, Recipient2022: California Arts Council, Impact Projects Grant, Recipient
2021: California Arts Council, Impact Projects Grant, Recipient
2021: The Center for Photographic Art, Project Support Grant, Winner
2020: CENTER Santa Fe, Project Development Grant, Winner
2020: National Geographic Society Covid-19, Grant Recipient
2020: Humboldt Area Foundation, Covid-19 Community Project Fund, Grant Recipient
2019: Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Grant Recipient
2018: Ivy Erene Hughes & Carl G. Lundgren Fund, Grant Recipient
2017: Photographic Museum of Humanity Grant, Honorable Mention
2016: Visura Multimedia Grant, Winner
2014: Burn Magazine Grant, Finalist
2014: Dorthy-Lange Taylor Grant, Finalist
2014: Reminders Stronghold Photography Grant, Recipient
2013: Aaron Siskind Foundation, Grant Recipient
2012: W. Eugene Smith Grant, Finalist
2012: Alexia Foundation For World Peace Professional, Grant Recipient
2012: Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund, Grant Recipient
2011: FotoVisura, Outstanding Personal Project Grant, Winner
Awards / Accolades
2020: Selected Artist, Queer Festival Heidelberg, "Breaking Gender Stereotypes"
2020: New York Portfolio Review, Selected
2018: Encontros da Imagem, Discovery Awards, Selected
2017: World Press Photo, 1st Place, Long Form Category, Digital Storytelling Contest
2017: Cinema New York City Film Festival, Highly Commended
2017: American Photography 34, Selected
2016: National Association of Black Journalists, Salute to Excellence Award
2015: Magenta’s Flash Forward Emerging Photographer, Honorable Mention
2014: Blue Earth Alliance, Fiscal Sponsorship
2014: Selected Artist for Asian Pride Project: Our Portraits, Our Families
2013: Voices Off Arles, Selected
2013: American Photography 28, Selected
2013: 49th Publication Design Annual, Merit Award, w/ Bloomberg BusinessWeek
2012: Magenta’s Flash Forward Emerging Photographer, Selected
2011: NPPA, Cliff Edom’s “New America Award,” Winner
2011: Santa Fe Review, Selected
2011: (POYi) Community Awareness Award, Special Recognition
2011: Lens Exposure Awards, Honorable Mention
2011: Rayko Gallery, Plastic Camera Show, Honorable Mention, Best in Show
2010: World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Selected
2010: PX3, Paris Photo Prize, Book Documentary, Prize Bronze
2009: PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch, Selected
2009: NPPA, Best of Photojournalism, 1st Place Domestic News
2009: (POYi), 3rd Place, Issue Reporting Picture Story
2008: UNICEF, Images of the Year: Honorable Mention
2008: International Photo Awards, Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year, Lucie Award
2008: World Press Photo, 1st Place, Daily Life Single
2008: NPPA, Best of Photojournalism, 2nd Place Enterprise Picture Story (Small Market)
2008: Photo District News (PDN), Photo Annual
2008: Hearst Journalism Awards, 3rd Place, Final Championship, best image of the year, and
1st Place, Portrait/Personality/Personal Vision in monthly competition
2008: Sportsshooter.com, College Photographer of the Year
2008: SFBAPPA (SF Bay Area Press Photographers), College Photographer of the Year
2007: Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, College Photographer of the Year, 1st Place Portrait
2007: College Photographer of the Year (CPOY), Award of Excellence Portfolio, 2nd Place
International Picture story, Award of Excellence Feature
2007: Eddie Adams Workshop, Awarded MSMBC Multimedia Assignment