http://www.antraniktavitian.com/about daily 0.75 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1479703487546-0PONT0AKOOAHU5KC96UO/20160804-_DSC1094.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1574553572735-3DYQQ8YY95T83WQS1PDX/AntoCPOY.jpg About Photo credit: Hillary Tan http://www.antraniktavitian.com/hidden-in-the-leaves-ongoing daily 0.75 2020-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541291551-1FDZ7FZKXN254NC63YWQ/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img001.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) Lori Charshafjian plays with her American firetruck toy at her grandparent’s house while celebrating Easter on Sunday, April 1, 2018, in Glendale, Calif. Lori is a second-generation Armenian-American born in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is home to the largest concentration of ethnic Armenians outside of Armenian. Like many Armenian-Americans, Lori’s parents send her to a private Armenian school in an effort to give her an Armenian centric upbringing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541468188-A1Y941REPHV4W7P2Q0I5/ArtistStatement.jpg Hidden in the Leaves (personal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541287769-3ZSH1T9YN3T5A7EZKO3K/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img002.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) During the month of April, many Armenians in Glendale, California elect to adorn their cars with the Armenian flag. April 24th marks the day of remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915 during which over a million Armenians were murdered by the Ottoman Empire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541300029-P8GXE2VGQTN75GQIPNXL/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img003.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) Azadour, an Iranian-Armenian immigrant, regularly visits Fremont Park in Glendale, California. The ethnic Armenian population of Glendale is only a few generations old, with the majority of the older individuals being the first-generation that immigrated to the US. The majority immigrated from Iran, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Russia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541333825-JYDXPZKRA40K8A06460D/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img004.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) A group of Armenian Americans play backgammon at Fremont Park. Over the years, the park has served as a gathering space for many old Armenian men to play games, barbecue, and spend the afternoon together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541316235-YVBV5REJILUUYIN1PZEU/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img005.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) St Peter Armenian Church is one of the many Armenian Apostolic Churches in Glendale and the larger Los Angeles Area. Armenia became the first country to establish Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD. Like many diaspora communities, Armenian-Americans established Churches as one of the vessels through which a connection to their ethnic heritage is kept and passed on to younger generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541350568-2S8KXRV55XOUWYKM62GV/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img006.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) Armenian Christmas is celebrated on January 6th. It’s tradition to go to church for an hours-long service which culminates in the Bishop and Priests hold a procession during which visitors are allowed to kiss a cross for a blessing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541349227-SZJSBUNNOCAYYYOGH2OF/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img007.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) Members of the Charshafjian, Hallajian, and Tavitian families reach for hand made Sarma during Easter dinner. Food is one of the main parts of diaspora communities that serve as vessels for sharing of culture. The Sarma are made of spices meat and rice wrapped in pickled grape leaves and cooked for hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541387788-4E8PI5EYVE0SHUV6WNQU/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img008.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) A group of women hold hands at the front of a protest made up of thousands of Armenian-Americans from all over southern California on April 24th, 2018. The group marched from the Little Armenia neighborhood in Hollywood to the Turkish consulate in Midtown. Each April 24th, millions of Armenians from all around the world march for recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 during which Ottoman Turks murdered over a million Armenians. Turkey has yet to recognize the events that took place over a century ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541367267-0HOVTTUZ3IVJDOO6AI2W/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img009.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) Violet Bohjalian and Linda Hagopian sing during a practice session for an Armenian American choir group in Los Angeles, California. Singing folk songs in choirs is just one of the many ways that Armenian Americans are able to preserve their cultural heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541380198-WCZC2HECKNR4FTU3CFG8/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img010.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) The Armenian alphabet was developed around 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots, an Armenian linguist and ecclesiastical leader. It’s common for Armenian households in Glendale to have some sort of artwork referencing the 38 letters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541406484-QYBV7OAA0M1FEU2X56NC/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img011.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) Kevork Hallajian lays on his couch in his home in Los Angeles before having to go to his janitor shift at the hospital on Christmas Day 2017. Kevork was born in Aleppo, Syria and immigrated to the US in the early 90s just as thousands of Armenians from around the world had done. He and his wife, Maral, have raised a family of three daughters and one son who were all born in Syria and immigrated with him and his wife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590541401561-SEJ4HRVV1PU5SOO4AJS9/Project1_HiddenInTheLeaves_Img012.JPG Hidden in the Leaves (personal) Zepyour Khachadoorian immigrated from Tehran, Iran to Glendale, California with her twin sister, mother, and father when she was six. She wasn’t able to go to a private Armenian school, like some Armenian-Americans of higher socioeconomic status. She went to public school and while she was taught Armenian by her parents and had Armenian-American friends at school, her experience is that of, as her hyphenated ethnic background suggests, influenced by her diverse surroundings. http://www.antraniktavitian.com/motherhood-a-full-time-job daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669090114-0Q6VBWL9N65KJ51YAIYJ/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_001.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Danielle Vernon-Carleton watches her step-son Jackson, 16, do a virtual physical therapy class as her daughter Bella, right, gets ready to go outside and her step-son Andrew, top, paces around on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. Danielle had to resign from her job as a teacher after being denied paid time-off to help take care of her three step-sons who have autism and her daughter in first grade. The day "drags out, but I always try to look at the positives of thing," she said. While her family wasn't hit hard financially, she wishes for more advance for special needs families, because "there are families in this situations and they aren't teachers." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669089979-5MV1CYUMUFMLYBY5M9SV/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_002.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Bob Carleton checks historical facts for his son, Andrew, while Danielle Vernon-Carleton, right, tutors virtually and Connor Carleton, middle runs up the stairs on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. Danielle was denied paid-time off from her school and made the tough decision to leave her job as a teacher. Bob's three sons have special needs and Danielle's daughter and nephew are both in the first grade. The would have had to hire two helpers for her to be able to keep working. "We talked and came to the conclusion 'we'll we don't really have a choice", Bob said referring to a conversation the two had before Danielle resigned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669113630-QRQ76KG2QG2NQKSRIX5X/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_003.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Danielle Vernon-Carleton helps her step-son Jackson Carleton, 16, lift weights for a physical therapy class on Monday, March 7, 2021, in Troy. Danielle had to resign from her job as a teacher in order to help teach her three step-sons with special needs. "Jackson doesn't talk, but he cues and we communicate so that's been really rewarding because he's receptive he listens." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669106478-V6JB7YKT1L5BB2VSLOOT/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_004.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Danielle Vernon-Carleton speaks with Jackson's, 16, teacher about his progressing mobility on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. Danielle doesn't have training for teaching kids with autism, but she's worked with Jackson's teachers to help give him a level of care similar to what he'd get in school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669119907-BYIODZ7A7CUB00GSOVJJ/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_005.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Bob Carleton scratches Jackson's head as Connor, left, reads on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. Bob is a history teacher at Ernest W. Seaholm High School where his three son's regularly attend in person school, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they've studied from home with the help of their step-mother, Danielle Vernon-Carleton who decided to resign from her job as a teacher to help teach the three boys with special needs and her daughter Bella. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669129879-CEKWFG74VYBZORLXJJLR/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_006.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Danielle Vernon-Carleton helps her step-son Jackson, 16, balance on a pillow during his online physical therapy exercises while her daughter Bella, 6, plays on a tablet on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. Danielle had to resign from her job as a teacher after being denied paid time-off to help take care of her three step-sons who have autism and her daughter in first grade. "So really I am a teacher just not paid for it." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669136033-V3RF9BV9AC2MPXF9FHXT/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_007.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Andrew Carleton, 19, picks at paints chips on a wooden fence in his backyard on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. Andrew, who's is diagnosed with autism, has moments of intense focus, according to his father, Bob Carleton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669147006-QVNAMP16FUHQS1V5IV6G/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_008.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Danielle Vernon-Carleton blows bubbles at her step-son Jackson Carleton, 16, to ease his emotions while he attends a virtual physical therapy class on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. Danielle had to resign from her job as a teacher after being denied paid time-off to help take care of her three step-sons who have autism and her daughter in first grade. "Jackson doesn't talk, but he cues and we communicate so that's been really rewarding because he's receptive he listens," Danielle said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669152666-D98ZDEMIU12WH0DY8TIR/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_009.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Andrew Carleton, middle left, measures his height against his younger brother Connor's, middle right, on Andrew's nineteenth birthday on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. Andrew, Connor and their brother, Jackson, right, all require special needs. Their step-mom, Danielle Vernon, second from left, had to quiet her job as a teacher to help the boys and her daughter, Bella, who's in the first grade. "This is a bad time and I don't want to say it's not, but when they grow up they're going to look back on this and say 'We were in first grade and your mom taught us and we did school together," she said. "This is a great time to build memories." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669159865-1ZCFA22PA31QBC70P4A8/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_010.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Bella Vernon, 6, runs through her front-yard on during her birthday celebrations on Monday, March 29, 2021, in Troy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669169151-TKPESGT0VBDZMQ2WKXTG/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_011.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Connor Carleton, 16, right, plays with dolls with his step-sister Bella Vernon, 6, left, on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. Connor and Bella make up stories and scenarios about each of the dolls and act them out between their online classes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669168132-9VS81INHM6XAW7XGC50A/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_012.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job Danielle Vernon-Carleton, top left, kisses her daughter Bella Vernon, 6, while she eats Hawaiian pizza and breadsticks for her birthday on Monday, March 29, 2021, in Troy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1620669179852-O1AH47RPJSZBVDPF3DG0/Story_WomenInPandemic_AT_013.jpg Motherhood: A Full-Time Job From left, Bella Vernon, 6, goes down a water slide as her mother Danielle, step-brother Jackson and Allena Mettes, Behavioral Technician at the Judson Center, cheer on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Troy. http://www.antraniktavitian.com/mezcal-de daily 0.75 2022-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277363713-DH80ZLD6U2NOVK91Z0G4/Mezcal_001.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Epifanio Vásquez Ríos, master mezcalero, sits in the middle of a tahona, a stone grinder used for mezcal production, as the sun sets at Hacienda Carreño on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. "Each agave has its own personality. You drink a little bit of the soul of the plant and the soul of the maestro, the mezcalero," Daniel Soria, a mezcal representative of Oaxaca said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277363630-Q2GJXZPFEOICOFAKM5XE/Mezcal_002.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Ivan Carreño, Co-Founder of Compa spirits, is greeted by his grandmother Luty Carre–o, center left, and father Jesus Carreño, background left, upon arriving at Hacienda Carreño on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Luty and her husband were originally sugar cane farmers for the Bacardi family of Mexico. Only recently did Luty, who had 10 children and decided to split their land in 10 equal pieces which then in turn became allowed her daughter Lorena to start the Mezcal company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277370335-4OIXR8ESJYBG3VJDANT0/Mezcal_003.JPG Mezcal de Carreño From left, Jorge Carreño, Felimon Rodríguez, Colton Brock, and Jesús Carreño lift a cut agave heart into a truck at Hacienda Carreño on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Brock is a representative of mezcal Illegal, another mezcal company in Oaxaca, and he also runs three bars in Phoenix which carry a variety of producers. "Colton knows more about agave plants than anyone I know," Ivan Carreño said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277367627-H0GG0T6BJ2UH0D12IJ5V/Mezcal_004.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Jorge Carreño, left, and Felimon Rodríguez, check the weight of an agave hearts before cooking them at Hacienda Carreño on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Carreño, along with his brother and sister, run the production part of the business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277372696-PKIV50I9K7ZI48Z1VIHH/Mezcal_005.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Epifanio Vásquez Ríos, center, takes a break from shoveling dirts on top of the oven at Hacienda Carreño on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. The oven is topped with a cross as an offering to the gods for a good batch of mezcal. Ríos is a Maestros in mezcal and his family has been making the spirits for generations. Ríos started chopping agave and turning it into the now popular distilled drink since he was a child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277377802-O6KD53M9BG74FETGV1KQ/Mezcal_006.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Marcelino Vásquez Ríos, grabs a bunch of spent agave fibers used to make mezcal at Hacienda Carreño on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277379777-MI5CF319VWRUULO511WX/Mezcal_007.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Iván Carreño records and Instagram video while working at Hacienda Carreño on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Carreño regularly shares his company's group trips from Arizona to Oaxaca for people who want to learn more about the regional drink, food, and culture. His great grandfather, Don Apolonio Carreño started a business in 1904 hauling iron ore in wooden carts drawn by oxen. He eventually amassed 1,500 acres of land used to grow sugar cane for molasses and large rum producers. As wild agaves grew on the land, Apolonio began producing mezcal which was consumed only three times a year. "For his birthday in February, in April for the start of planting season, and in October at the end of the harvest," Carreño said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277385726-R35ZT3ODCKNRH5Q9DQW4/Mezcal_008.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Employees cut agave hearts to place in the oven at Mal de Amor on Dec. 7, 2021, in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. The workers, who live in a town only 15 minutes away called Xaaga, cut through roughly 13 tons of agaves in six hours which distill unto roughly 1500 bottles of Mezcal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277384372-MCPJEJEWS4MKVBVT5YNR/Mezcal_009.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Lorena Carreño gives a talk on the history of mezcal and her families production of the spirit during a tasting at Hacienda Carreño on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico.A former public relations executive in Mexico City, the 54-year-old woman founded the Mezcal Carreño business in 2012, incorporating her interests in travel, food, and wine. Now agave plants have replaced sugar cane as the hacienda's cash crop. She remains one of very few women who lead a Mezcal brand in Mexico. "This is mezcal that is produced almost completely by hand, without any machinery, nothing," Lorena said. "It starts with the cutting of the agaves with machetes." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277390457-C6YYD35Q1I7P7S9OT36Q/Mezcal_010.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Iván Carreño, center, co-founder of Compa Spirits, teaches a mezcal class for bar staff at Taco Guild in Phoenix on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Carreño put a second mortgage on his mother's home to help start his company a year ago. He spends most his time going to local restaurants and bars in the South West to get them to buy his families spirit and teach bartenders how to properly educate patrons on the pre-colonial drink which is gaining popularity in the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277391020-9R58X8I0O1UXFL2EMHAG/Mezcal_011.JPG Mezcal de Carreño From left, Caleb West, Daniel Soria and Iván Carreño drink pulque at El Pulquito de Matatlán on Dec. 8, 2021, in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Pulque is juice of the agave heart which was originally consumed before the process of distillation was introduced in the Americas. Soria works for a micro-distillery called Dixeebe, while West is a cocktail manager in Phoenix who regularly utilizes Mexican spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653277394350-UNVD7YQ3GSAJPU3ICEQW/Mezcal_012.JPG Mezcal de Carreño Ivan Carreño, Co-Founder of Compa spirits, right, poses for a photo with his mezcal cart during a soft opening for The Mexicano restaurant on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 in Phoenix. Carreño used a model VW bus to carry his families mezcal during a party at the Mexican themed restaurant. "When you're buying my family's mezcal you're not helping some billionaire buy his tenth vacation home in Bali. No, you're helping me put my little brother through school," Carreño said. http://www.antraniktavitian.com/portraits- daily 0.75 2025-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746420720762-0T5W1C9YUMNMINOEMPZ9/20230818_Sheila+Jackson+Lee_AT_041+copy+2.jpg Portraits Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee poses for a portrait, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, in Houston. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1614028194485-DNBBNYURQXXDPYYU8RR2/RollerCade_12292020_AT_735.jpg Portraits Kris Brown take s break as the skate night ends at the RollerCade roller rink during R&B night on Tuesday, Dec, 29, 2020, in Detroit. "Friday nights as a little kid after school with my fiends skating and enjoying the time in a place you grew up in," he said. "It's just me and my skates for those four or five hours." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1652990232404-ZF1EIRJQ7TOYJ5MMIGTD/Portrait_AT_004.JPG Portraits Sasha Cassadine does his make up before performing at a weekly drag show hosted by Flip Phone Events At Crave on Sunday, June 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Cassadine has been performing for 15 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1590544722507-W5BA2E8LV4D0410AB8ET/MikeJohnson.jpg Portraits “When it was stolen and I didn’t have anything to play on, I was depressed,” said Mike Johnson during an impromptu jam session on April 23, 2019, while taking a break from driving his semi-trailer. An on-and-off trucker since 2005, Johnson got his second guitar five months earlier from the money he’d saved up by living out of his truck. At the age of 42, Johnson started playing the guitar roughly 14 years ago, “but I ain’t never played in any clubs or anything.”⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ He spoke about his troubles of being addicted to sex and also being a loner. “You ever seen ‘Inception’ where you don’t know where you are or what’s real,” Johnson said while he explained the troubles of being in the music industry in Kansas City, struggling with homelessness, and having his truck repossessed. Music is what he does to escape it all. ⁣⁣Johnson’s goal is to eventually get to a point of stability and start performing his own music for small crowds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748994014532-2VHSC2K0T195TPLK99Y1/20220901__AT_01.JPG Portraits Luis Iman, front dest agent, poses for a portrait at the Hotel Valley Ho on Thursday, September 1, 2022, in Scottsdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653180162924-6R0I6F019AFQP54K9LVH/Portrait_AT_011.JPG Portraits Sabira, a university student who immigrated from Afghanistan, poses for a portrait while protecting her identity out of concern for her family back home. She was a part of a cohort of female students who came to Arizona State University as refugees as the country experienced a wave of emigration after the return of the Taliban as a result of the U.S. Military withdrawal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1652990225729-VW8NDC7VNZZN4OLDHYYT/Portrait_AT_001.JPG Portraits Ahmad Naeem Wakili poses for a portrait on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Tucson. Wakili was a judge in Afghanistan and helped sentence and imprison members of the Taliban and ISIS. With the help of Council-member Steve Kozachik, Wakili has been trying to relocated his wife and daughter to Tucson from Istanbul, Turkey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1749504298639-LQJ0M8FZ9RRK0T0SLXD0/Bacanora_03022022_AT_029+copy.jpg Portraits Chefs and brothers, Roberto Centeno, left, and Rene Andrade at Bacanora on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1749504198927-BLODP2095P2A06FTN8ZB/Portrait_AT_005.jpeg Portraits Lee Earley poses for a portrait inside his home on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Detroit. Earley, 65, has been trying to start a private security guard agency, but his two felony convictions from over 20 years ago for cashing a bad check and carrying a concealed weapon are holding him back from getting a Concealed Pistol License and a business license from the state. New Michigan laws will take effect on Sunday that will expand eligibly for criminal record expungement. Earley hopes that it will finally erase his record and let him start his business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1652990240520-18A2FGQD1MCGMAKE22RB/Portrait_AT_006.JPG Portraits Jeff Barton, Phoenix City Manager, poses for a portrait outside his office on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Phoenix. Barton, who grew up in public housing in a poor Pennsylvania neighborhood, became Phoenix’s first ever Black city manager and took on the job of managing nearly 15,000 employees and a nearly $2 billion budget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1652990245364-QD1WN0QRLPCF1G1O59CA/Portrait_AT_008.JPG Portraits Makaiya Eley has her make-up done by Getisa Ross, right, during the fourth annual Self-Awareness Appreciation Day put on by the non-profit, Take My Hand at the ShayBaby Make Up Bar on Sunday, March 21, 2021, in Warren. Eley was nominated to be one of 20 people to receive services for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748993993167-E2QVOWAXYQOK6S2JAOYE/20211205___03.JPG Portraits Marcelino Vasquez Rios looks out as the sun sets at Hacienda Carreño on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. "Each agave has its own personality. You drink a little bit of the soul of the plant and the soul of the maestro, the mezcalero," Daniel Soria, a mezcal representative of Oaxaca said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1614030668531-2ZYXJ316U8L8J7COVWQF/POY_Inshallah_020.JPG Portraits Narjes Al Hraishawi, 14, middle, grabs onto her sister's Fatima, 8, face while holding her four-year-old brother, Baqer, on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, in their home in Columbia, Missouri. Narjes is the oldest daughter in a family of nine children ranging from one to 17-years of age who immigrated to the US roughly two years ago from Iraq after their father received death threats from Iraqi militia. Her mother is usually cooking dinner, cleaning, or taking care of the babies, which leaves some of the other maternal duties on Narjes. Her father spends months on end in Iraq continuing his work as a project supervisor for the US Army Core of Engineers in order to provide financial stability for the family who lives in public housing. http://www.antraniktavitian.com/sports daily 0.75 2025-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600024413-5ORT5KEUGY03Q51LW6DJ/Sports_WebEdit_AT_001.JPG Sports Hamilton High School players celebrate their win against Sandra Day O'Connor High School for the 6A title during the State girls volleyball championships at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600024436-SIEDYD2PC5DS9L8V2R57/Sports_WebEdit_AT_002.JPG Sports Paradise Valley's Erick Reyes is comforted by his mother Regina Reyes, right, after falling at the last hurdle during the Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Division Two race during the AIA State Track & Field Championships 2022 at Mesa Community College on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Mesa. Reyes was is completion for a college scholarship according to his mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600025880-ABOGK6W6GC9VFUVL2WHD/Sports_WebEdit_AT_003.JPG Sports Cameron Champ celebrates after making his putt at the 18th hole to win the tournament at the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities on Sunday, July 25, 2021 in Blaine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600026347-3SI0C0XLZLRU6EUDQB9J/Sports_WebEdit_AT_004.JPG Sports Brandon Glanton, left, takes a punch from Efetobor Apochi at The Armory on Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Minneapolis. Glanton won the fight by judges decision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600027972-NA8ROVW7XO4D9LRXHBO2/Sports_WebEdit_AT_005.JPG Sports Sun Devils defensive back Chase Lucas (24), left, tackles Wildcats running back Michael Wiley (6), right, to stop a touchdown during the second half against the University of Arizona at Sun Devils Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, in Tempe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600028182-6N2985RU18TL70WQDCG5/Sports_WebEdit_AT_006.JPG Sports Bakaye Dibassy, (12) Minnesota United, takes a shot during the second half against San Jose Earthquakes at Allianz Field on Saturday, July 3, 2021, in St. Paul. The match ended in a draw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600031399-D0URGHB6WB6LLKVFRB9J/Sports_WebEdit_AT_007.JPG Sports Grand Canyon Antelopes guard Jovan Blacksher Jr. (10), right, attempt a shot after being fouled by California Baptist Lancers guard Ty Rowell (25), center, during the first half against the California Baptist Lancers at GCU Arena on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Phoenix. The Antelopes beat the Lancers 56 to 50. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600031913-7DQEB2LKM7A720F0PG6P/Sports_WebEdit_AT_008.JPG Sports Levi Gue, at center, cheers with Grand Canyon University students dressed in Halloween costumes as they wait for the start of the first half against Western New Mexico University at Grand Canyon University Arena on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600036335-ONS66F73H1JBJOUKZ938/Sports_WebEdit_AT_009.JPG Sports A trio of children run across train tacks after a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies at Chase Field on August 7, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600035623-H7AKJDBBF0S0ULEISMAK/Sports_WebEdit_AT_010.JPG Sports The Case Tech girls lacrosse team chant before the start of a pre-regional match against West Bloomfield High School on Thursday, May 20, 2021 in West Bloomfield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600239343-AXRHQWWWXQM6WMNQXVKU/Sports_WebEdit_AT_011.JPG Sports North Canyon's Joy Moorer collects herself after winning the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Division Two race during the AIA State Track & Field Championships 2022 at Mesa Community College on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Mesa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600038091-JVGY982CMP7FGHWVVDR4/Sports_WebEdit_AT_012.JPG Sports White Sox outfielder Brian Goodwin (18) gets ready to bat during the ninth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, in Minneapolis. The game finished 1-0 to the Twins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600038690-0G3C87DN6533QB82R4GW/Sports_WebEdit_AT_013.JPG Sports Huskies senior Kiera Hall (10) celebrates Horizon High School's 4A title after beating Millennium High School in a three set sweep during the State girls volleyball championships at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669600039621-U2V2GODMWFKUS1DPJZ2N/Sports_WebEdit_AT_014.JPG Sports United forward Preston Etaka (19), left, sits disappointed after losing the match against Phoenix Rising FC on Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Chandler. Rising beat the United 1-0 after a fist half goal and a late penalty kick stop by Phoenix Rising FC goalkeeper Ben Lundt (39). http://www.antraniktavitian.com/singles daily 0.75 2022-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746419620290-MNBQRWMKGDCMD3CBOSE3/A_Singles_01.JPG Singles Tomira Johnson, at center, laughs as Siumy Coreas, at left, and Giselle Sorto, at right, help her put on make up before their first performance as the all-female Mariachi Las Chabelitas at Talento Bilingue de Houston, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in Houston. Las Chabelitas, a mariachi group of 14 women between the ages of 15 to 41, debuted at Talento Bilingüe de Houston on Dec. 14. Las Chabelitas joined a heavily male-dominated mariachi scene as Houston’s second all-female mariachi band. “It starts somewhere, but the possibilities are endless,” Jose Longoria, director, said. “It’s going to motivate other girls, other females, to play mariachi and be someone they can look up to.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653175027081-LQ7FO8Y9YVMGV8Y613QA/Singles_001.JPG Singles Cassandra Gonzalez holds onto her daughter Victoria, 1, and son Adalid, 4, while protesting for the rights of asylum seekers near the U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry on Nov. 8, 2021, in Nogales, Mexico. Gonzalez came with her five children from Guerrero, Mexico, to escape unsafe conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746421056311-03BMKJU736O6FV4YXYYF/D_StormAfterStorm_02.JPG Singles Samantha, 6, and Leah Lopez, 8, play in flood waters outside their grandparents home, Monday, July 8, 2024, in Houston. In 2001, the city moved the responsibility of maintaining the open ditches from city crews to homeowners, leaving the ditches in primarily minority and lower-income neighborhoods without property maintenance for years.Story Summery: Only a few weeks after a derecho wind event left thousands of Houstonians without power, Hurricane Beryl brought a direct hit to the city and left flooded homes and destroyed infrastructure. The two events exposed Houston’s lack of investment in hardening the cities utility infrastructure and the inequity in community of colors regarding flood mitigation, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653175040542-PRUHIB0S4NAOSV5JZ9UD/Singles_002.JPG Singles MyKail Moultrie, 4, plays with a toy truck on his backyard swing on Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Detroit. Since a young age, MyKail was non-verbal which led his parents to get him tested for autism. MyKail's mother,Tiera Lavin, now runs a business called The Vend Bros, which aims to put her son on a routine after he was diagnosed with autism. MyKail and his brother Miguel, 2, are co-owners, and it helps them by counting coins, refilling machines and keeping track of stock. Lavin also wrote a book called "Affirmations From A to Z" which aims to destigmatize autism through an alphabet book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653175037599-5KLYZB3THZYX4QNDFIUZ/Singles_003.JPG Singles Hope Deaver, center, chants along with fellow protestors in opposition to a small group of anti-abortion protestors during the annual WomenÕs March at the Arizona State Capitol on Saturday, October 2, 2021, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653175040524-Q8H9453YS6CXQP3EPB0C/Singles_004.JPG Singles Rebeca Escalante, 8, of Mexico, puts her mask over her eyes as she's administered the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix. Escalante recently immigrated to the United States through Texas with her younger brother to live with her aunt in Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653273232630-FHALOO7KCDYCTZISXBFI/Singles_005.jpg Singles Abdulrahman Ghaleb, 16, top, holds onto Jabi Ahmed's, 15, bottom not seen, hand as he climbs on a railing to take a video of protestors during a march in support of Palestine held by New Generation for Palestine on Sunday, May 16, 2021, in Dearborn, Mich. Ghaleb, of Yemen, was wearing a ring with the colors of his homeland's flag which had experienced oppression and similar worldwide attention in support of Palestinians, he said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653175045645-08U5VDJRM0IX8EZA62JB/Singles_006.JPG Singles Jennifer Starr Dodd, center, and a group of people wait to hear the sentencing verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at George Floyd Square on Friday, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and half years in prison on second and third degree murder and second degree manslaughter charges for the murder of George Floyd across the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746419557918-8DUFHUSN4IERY3A8IPLB/A_Singles_01.JPG Singles Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley leads a meeting of supervisors in his precinct, Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Magnolia. According to the Census, Montgomery County was in the top 10 counties for population growth over the past two years. The vastly rural county has given way to new subdivisions and people who aren’t used to living in the country, according to Riley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746419654267-GSV6ZKYAHDX2X2S3G8L9/D_StormAfterStorm_13.JPG Singles James L. Henry Jr., a military veteran walks through his front yard as another storm rolls through in the Mount Houston neighborhood, days after Hurricane Beryl brought down multiple trees at his home, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Houston. Henry saw the flag washing down the street as Beryl flooded his neighborhood. A thought about his father, also a veteran, and decided to rescue it and put atop the stump of the pine tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669706731778-G9D8LQ1VLC7COCHWBD1U/JoseAntonio10Yr_10092022_AT_006.JPG Singles Taide Elena, at left, sheds tears as she, Astrid Elena Espinoza, 18, at center, and Andrea Elena Rodriguez, 18, at right, pray during a mass to honor her grandson and their cousin, respectively, JosŽ Antonio Elena Rodrguez on the 10-year anniversary of his killing on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889633272-L0M7F8IA54D3VPK45F6X/02_StoryA_005.jpg Singles Rafael Delgado, center, holds up his baby Liam Delgado Garc’a, 1, outside their home on the outskirts of Nogales on Monday, May 23, 2022, in Nogales, Mexico. Rafael moved to Nogales to apply for asylum after his brother Carlos was kidnaped by the cartel for four days. They now live with eight more family members, including children, crammed into a two-room apartment of bare concrete block and tin roof, on the outskirts of the border city. They don't have running water, so they buy daily from a water pipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746419839751-HUH35SKPQQQE6H714BS8/20250314_DETENTION+HPD+STOP+0314_AT_01.JPG Singles Stephanie Diaz gestures during a press conference for her husband Jose Armando Lainez Argueta at FIEL, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Houston. Argueta is currently being held in Montgomery Processing Center awaiting his immigration appeal.(Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1653175082768-2YMLFMMLHE5LJ9CYWOGI/Singles_010.JPG Singles Emajay Driver, best friend of Daunte Wright, holds a firework in place during a Fourth of July celebration in his late friend's honor on Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Brooklyn Center. Wright was killed by former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop in April a few yards away from where Driver lit the firework in honor of his friend. Wright's family, friends, neighbors and people who traveled from out of state came together to celebrate Wright's life on his favorite holiday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746419907816-VWRKD335QSOIJR797YPJ/_01.JPG Singles Van Thawng harvests kale leaves hours before sunrise in preparation for the Urban Harvest Farmers Market at his farm Green Life Forever Microfarm, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Richmond. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) http://www.antraniktavitian.com/dar daily 0.75 2022-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666933105-CT9DZVZQL0XTO6X5UX7H/MPWStory_AT_001.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, watches television the morning after sleeping on the couch at his father's home in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, on September 20, 2022. After years of traumatic life experiences, including losing his older sister to accidental drowning at age 12, Daryel spiraled in and out of drug and alcohol addiction. “Most people have moments of sadness in their lives. Daryel has had a lifetime,” Charles Martin, Miller’s second cousin said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666936575-X4FCUWIWHUYJX0Q53QZJ/MPWStory_AT_002.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Elizabeth Singleton, right, assists her grandfather Daryel Miller, 80, after Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, at left, passed out on the couch following a long day of drinking on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. "What's sad is that I'm sure back in that generation, people didn't know how to get the help that they need for the alcoholism, the drug addiction. Today, there's plenty of resources," Singleton said. "Reality just smashes you in the face sometimes." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666937815-GU96ILYHBCIYW9OP7NJT/MPWStory_AT_003.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Elizabeth Singleton, center, smiles at her uncle Daryel Franklin Miller, right, during a visit to her grandfather Daryel Miller's house after work with her children Cameron, 12, left, Landon, 7, center left, and Nora, 4, center, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666942978-OS230BMIYC56UT0XPSIJ/MPWStory_AT_004.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Daryel Miller, 80, left, holds onto his son Daryel Franklin Miller's hand as he walks to car at his home on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. Miller encourages his dad to walk around for his health. He helps by "mostly helping him keep his balance," he said. "It don't bother me none. I want to make sure he's going to be safe." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666945003-I9GEQA5YPWEEZETJKJUO/MPWStory_AT_005.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Daryel Miller, 80, left, emerges from his home to speak with his son Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666948426-1K2HN6IXI2NUG885614G/MPWStory_AT_006.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family A portrait of Donna Jean Miller, Daryel's deceased older sister, hangs in his father's home. Donna Jean passed at the age of 12 while saving Daryel from drowning in a pool he'd snuck into. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666950361-JHRLC80RTX81PHPDT5Q8/MPWStory_AT_007.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, sits in a wheelchair that belonged to his grandmother as he spends the day smoking deer roasts and meatloaf for his father and step-mother while smoking and drinking at his father's home on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666952993-P205ANR0ZVBCR3V32Q7E/MPWStory_AT_008.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, lays passed out on the couch after a day of drinking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666955305-IOS4IGIGFW1QCOA9IZCQ/MPWStory_AT_009.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Daryel Miller, 80, right, looks at his son Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, playing games on his phone after he exited the bathroom at his home on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666957817-XROPKWZ70MJMT37U8Q7Z/MPWStory_AT_010.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Theresa Ann Miller, 68, at left, gives his husband Daryel Miller, 80, at right, a massage. Theresa advocated for in-home hospice care for Daryel as she feared being separated from him if he went to a nursing home or hospital. "He's the love of my life," Theresa Ann said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666960569-ZP13M8K3F56XSJ67V3R4/MPWStory_AT_011.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Theresa Ann Miller, 68, at left, tries to console her stepson Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, at right, about taking out the trash at her home on Friday, September 23, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. Daryel spoke about the emotional complications he faces living at home. "It just gets too much, man. It's overwhelming," he said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666963036-I919IWEUGEYE9FK2CAFB/MPWStory_AT_012.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, tests out his motor equipped bike after he made adjustments to its carburetor on Thursday, September 22, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. Miller spent much of his childhood and early adulthood working on motors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666965705-78CH7AK7YUCVBA080SVM/MPWStory_AT_013.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Lori Lafferty, 51, at left, and Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, spend the afternoon telling stories as they drink and smoke in downtown Excelsior Springs on Sunday, September 18, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. Lifelong friends, Miller and Lafferty lived next to each other on Excelsior Street until they both lost their homes and became unhoused. The pair call each other nearly everyday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669666967329-3BHJDQGHZ7DDW0GIDE7H/MPWStory_AT_014.JPG Daryel's Fractured Family Daryel Franklin Miller, 50, at left, reaches out to his lifelong friend Lori Lafferty, 51, as she wakes him up after he spent the night sleeping under a bridge on Thompson Avenue in downtown Excelsior Springs on Sunday, September 18, 2022, in Excelsior Springs, Mo. Miller occasionally stays with Lafferty and the woman she cares for during cold winter months. He spent the night before drinking the whole day with Lafferty. Unable to find a ride back to his father's house, which is an hour and a half walk away, he decided to sleep under a bridge for the night. http://www.antraniktavitian.com/politics daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705346962-N0445P1HDBIYJ9HI5M5N/PoliticsSingles_AT_001.JPG Politics Tucker Carlson reacts to cheers from the crowd during the first day of AmericaFest 2021, hosted by Turning Point USA on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, in Phoenix. The conservative mobilization event was aimed at conservatives of high school and college age from all around the country. CarlsonÕs speech focused on disproven conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and the 2020 presidential election, along with popular conservative messaging on immigration and diversity in the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705347043-JL2NDD4WY6BTLDE5OU1A/PoliticsSingles_AT_002.JPG Politics Attendees pray as Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) leads a prayer during the third day of AmericaFest 2021 hosted by Turning Point USA on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Phoenix. The four day convention advertises itself as a event to mobilize young conservatives, mostly of high school and college age from all around the country, by featuring controversial speakers such as Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk, FOX host Tucker Carlson, and Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who fatally shot two people during protests in Kenosha, Wis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705353626-IQBD36K9DLQ42DWX2DH0/PoliticsSingles_AT_003.JPG Politics A sign reading "Do Not Comply With Tyranny" is left on a chair after attendees depart following the closing speaker during the second day of AmericaFest 2021 hosted by Turning Point USA on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Phoenix. The four day convention advertises itself as a event to mobilize young conservatives, mostly of high school and college age from all around the country, by featuring controversial speakers such as Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk, FOX host Tucker Carlson, and Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who fatally shot two people during protests in Kenosha, Wis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705352771-JNGOHF1KEICTJ6TD5WIK/PoliticsSingles_AT_004.JPG Politics Kim Covington clasps her hands as she watches Former President Barack Obama takes the stage during a rally at Cesar Chavez High School on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705356502-X09DEPYMV32PEJ64TQEC/PoliticsSingles_AT_005.JPG Politics Demonstrators march down Michigan Avenue during a rally and march in support of Palestine on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Dearborn, Mich. The crowd was estimated to be between 2,500 to 3,000 people. Dearborn holds the highest concentration of people of Arab background in the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705357105-IT9XP1Q2HW0F567LH57R/PoliticsSingles_AT_006.JPG Politics Hattie Mayes, at right, watches as her mother Kris Mayes, candidate for Arizona attorney general, speaks during a rally at Cesar Chavez High School on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Phoenix. Former President Barack Obama highlighted the rally which was held days before the Arizona midterm election. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746420252036-5SR0238FUHDMK5LNSS4H/20241025_HARRIS-RALLY_AT_09.jpg Politics Attendees silhouetted in front of a vote sign cheer as a DJ plays songs during a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris at Shell Energy Stadium, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Houston. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705357845-5GTE5OKE8W6I2YVI2RTC/PoliticsSingles_AT_007.JPG Politics Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, speaks during a Unite and Win rally held by Turning Point Action at the Arizona Financial Theater on Sunday, August 14, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746420300715-TMJZOJE540UFQQF0O8YI/20241025_HARRIS-RALLY_AT_03.jpg Politics Emersyn Miller, 9, plays with an American flag colored bracelet while waiting in line for a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris at Shell Energy Stadium, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Houston. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705361701-6OPH4B0H4VO5I8ON6WMM/PoliticsSingles_AT_009.JPG Politics Jennifer Villalpando holds her son Andreo, 4, before they march during the annual March for Our Lives protest, a nationwide demonstration in support of gun control legislation, at the Arizona State Capitol on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705366426-ZDBP9ALYTIRGFRYVQKEG/PoliticsSingles_AT_011.JPG Politics Jayda Fairfield, at center, stands as speakers chant as protestors occupy the corner of Third and Roosevelt Streets during a march in support of abortion rights on Friday, July 1, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705368273-4MIYBKZQQG91U10KEGC3/PoliticsSingles_AT_012.JPG Politics Donald Trump Jr. reacts to a cheering crowd before giving a speech during the second day of the America Fest 2021 hosted by Turning Point USA on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705371176-TNTQJ4464D0Z0XKJX6G0/PoliticsSingles_AT_013.JPG Politics Brandon, who asked to omit his last name, at center, lifts his Kari Lake campaign has as Kari Lake, Republican candidate for Governor of Arizona, speaks during a Unite and Win rally held by Turning Point Action at the Arizona Financial Theater on Sunday, August 14, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705372573-LJAP2XRECYHW3CFAFBUZ/PoliticsSingles_AT_014.JPG Politics Tiffany Del Rio takes a video of herself giving the finger to Kari Lake on a television at the democratic candidates Election Night watch party at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel as Lake gives a speech to attendees at the Republican Election Nigh watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705374163-X0EVULZV3G9CXQ1WD7RX/PoliticsSingles_AT_015.JPG Politics A child tries to get the attention of Kari Lake, Republican candidate for Arizona governor, as she walks off stage after delivering a speech during a Save America rally on Friday, July 22, 20222, in Prescott Valley. Former President Donald Trump headlined the rally which included a wide array of Republican speakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705377305-BVPHUJFM0TMB3XOSFEVT/PoliticsSingles_AT_016.JPG Politics Sahara Sajjadi, at center, and Kaliee Heyman, at right, watch as election results come in during a democratic candidates Election Night watch party at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1669705377017-JVP652OWHNMMRVISKCLR/PoliticsSingles_AT_017.JPG Politics Former President Donald J. Trump delivers a speech during a Save America rally on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Florence, Az. The rally was Trump's first public appearance of 2022 and featured local politicians such as Kari Lake, (candidate for the Arizona gubernatorial race) and Wendy Rodgers, (State Senator), along with Michael Lindell (CEO of MyPillow). http://www.antraniktavitian.com/creosote-kills daily 0.75 2024-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887366610-NNT0VTKYA39MAPM9DPE1/CreosoteKills_01.JPG Creosote Kills Lighting strikes as a Union Pacific train is parked near Worms street, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Houston. With each major weather event Houston experiences, the toxic plume caused by years of Union Pacific dumping the wood presented creosote moves around to different parts of the Greater Fifth Ward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887366493-48BV0SMCXDV89BPMQM8T/CreosoteKills_02.JPG Creosote Kills Jon Rauscher, Risk Assessor at US EPA Region 6, at left, looks over documents and explains the testing process with Angela Jackson, at right, as a fake skeleton wearing a t shirt that reads “Creosote killed me and is still killing” after a community meeting hosted by the EPA and Union Pacific, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887368238-XZTWLSE1CFFZ3KFZ2YJ7/CreosoteKills_03.JPG Creosote Kills Kevin Peterburs, Union Pacific’s senior manager for environmental site remediation, holds up a segment of a device used to ultimately measure the level of fumes coming from toxic plumes underground, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Houston. While facing hundreds of lawsuits from Greater Fifth Ward residents along with pressure from the city to contribute to a resident relocation and reparations fund, Union Pacific has argued for further testing even after conclusive city testing a years prior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887368991-1UX01FZUECDG8RV8FCZ5/CreosoteKills_04.JPG Creosote Kills Sandra Auzenne, at left, sits in discomfort as Dr. Raju Mantena, tests her mobility, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Houston. Auzenne, a transplant by way of New Orleans, came to Houston after Hurricane Katrina. She suffers from a variety of illnesses. She decided to have a double mastectomy after her doctors cited an increase in breast cancer likelihood after she moved to her home across the railroad tracks near the cancer causing polluted railyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887370121-SZYLI8JMQRWUB561148H/CreosoteKills_05.JPG Creosote Kills Sandra Auzenne returns from a doctors appointment as a Union Pacific train passes across the street, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Houston. “If I had known about all this before, if someone had told me, I would have never moved in here,” Auzenne said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887371214-RUSM3L33QX3N505Q8RTC/CreosoteKills_06.JPG Creosote Kills A Union Pacific train is seen parked on the tracks through Sandra Auzenne’s kitchen window, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Houston. With no city assistance for relocation, Auzenne is planning on using whatever she makes from the sale of her house – which is nearly paid off – for a down payment on a new home closer to her daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887373671-J8KNBXE3O83RWTRZY1VF/CreosoteKills_07.JPG Creosote Kills Sandra Auzenne speaks about the family loss she’s experienced over the years as a family tree is seen hanging on the wall of her living room, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887374432-ZAIC9DGWSEX12M4O3OKN/CreosoteKills_08.JPG Creosote Kills From left, LaTonya Payne, Joetta Stevenson and Sandra Edwards react to testimony regarding the 5th Ward voluntary relocation plan during a city council meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887376300-YMADVPSLP6EOK7VFO5NJ/CreosoteKills_09.JPG Creosote Kills From left, Sandra Edwards, Walter Mallett and LaTonya Payne comfort each other after the city voted to set up a five million dollar fund for resident within the Greater Fifth Ward cancer cluster their testimonies to the 5th Ward voluntary relocation plan during a city council meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887376658-8ZABNCD25IMLYYCPW0SN/CreosoteKills_10.JPG Creosote Kills Cassie Heard, 17, performs during a dancing segment of the service at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887380278-KL2DEG56F07QY1W60IPC/CreosoteKills_11.JPG Creosote Kills From left, Joetta Stevenson cries as Annette Sims and Holly Bennett stand in prayer during service at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887381024-3DGU8LLA1A86PP08VQEB/CreosoteKills_12.JPG Creosote Kills LaSandy Graham, at left, and Alexus Nunley, at right, along with parishioners pray during service at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in Houston. founded in the 1860s, the church hosts parishioners from across Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward neighborhood, just blocks from a cancer cluster. As the city’s economy boomed, the neighborhood became Houston’s own Black Wall Street. But after years of disinvestment, Greater Fifth Ward has suffered. Still, longtime residents and newer generations alike come each Sunday to celebrate and pray with one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887383451-9AQWK01VYU76OKPO91AA/CreosoteKills_13.JPG Creosote Kills David Caballero, second from right, and his wife Jasmine Ortiz, at center, introduce their two week old baby Jose Manuel Caballero Ortiz to Caballero’s grandmother Maria Arcos, at left, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Houston. Caballero, who now lives in New Caney, was raised by his grandparents who live right next to the Union Pacific rail road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887384934-Y3EU4N7CT85XGCJDPRN5/CreosoteKills_14.JPG Creosote Kills Carson, the grandson of Carl Portis, a New Orleans transplant, plays in the dirt at his neighbors home, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Houston. Portis moved to his house blocks away from a cancer causing former creosote plant after his home was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. The EPA has warned residents from having extended contact with the soil and dirt as the vapors from the toxic plume of creosote travels upwards to the top soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887386363-BDQPLZSTRQEVREE1Q7JS/CreosoteKills_15.JPG Creosote Kills LaTonya Payne wears a t-shirt with her late son’s Corinthian Giles face printed on it during a celebration for what would have been his 16th birthday at Roseland Park, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Baytown. Corinthian passed away at the age of 13 due to childhood lymphoblastic leukemia caused by pollution from Union Pacific creosote pollution around the rail yard close to Payne’s home. One of his favorite activities was fishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705887387441-DHOHTUJWVLZBJHRTUZZR/CreosoteKills_16.JPG Creosote Kills LaTonya Payne, at center, along with family members prepare to release balloons to honor what would have been Corinthian Giles’s, Payne’s son, 16th birthday celebration at Roseland Park, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Baytown. Corinthian passed away at the age of 13 due to childhood lymphoblastic leukemia caused by pollution from Union Pacific creosote dumping around the rail yard two blocks from Payne’s home. Payne herself is a two time cancer survivor. http://www.antraniktavitian.com/no-admission-title-42-in-limbo daily 1.0 2024-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889372214-74ID43CLST5XYLP6OX9T/B_Title42_02.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Nancy and Leo, along with their two children Alexander, 3, and Gael, 1, present their COVID-19 vaccination cards while speaking with a Border Patrol officer to seek asylum at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry on Nov. 8, 2021, in Nogales, Mexico. The family, which has faced threats and harassment in Guerrero, Mexico, asked to omit their last names. U.S. border officials rejected the family's claim for asylum due to Title 42, a program which prohibit the entry of persons who potentially pose a health risk by being subject to previously-announced travel restrictions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889418486-W0XAG2WOAQE9D16E71YL/02_StoryA_002.jpg No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Yuma County Sheriff Leon N. Wilmot holds discarded belongings of migrants he found on the floor in front of a border gap covered by shipping containers and razor wire near the Morelos Dam covered by shipping containers on Thursday, September 8, 2022, in Yuma. Wilmot was at the area which experiences daily migrant crossings for a press conference by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, during which Ducey and Wilmot accused migrants of smuggling fentanyl into the U.S. Migrants in this the Yuma sector have tended to cross over the shipping containers or in gaps by indigenous tribal land and turn them selves into Border Patrol to be processed for asylum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889372588-76N9K4SMA8L1XWUY2AE2/B_Title42_03.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Pastor Hector Ramirez leads a prayer to protect a group of migrants on their journeys after they arrived to Iglesia Cristiana El Buen Pastor on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Mesa. The group of migrants from various Central and South American countries were transported to the church where they were helped to get to relatives in various parts of the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889375899-TKWZKI073V9T73QUTQZU/B_Title42_04.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo A migrant mother holds her daughter, who’s names has been omitted for safety concerns, as she listens to Jose Manuel Oroszco Perez, at right, teach a class on auto mechanics for a group of adult migrants at La Casa de Misericordia on Friday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Nogales, Mexico. The class is taught with the intention of the migrants earning a certification at the end in order to use in a job once they immigrate to the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889376098-F5X9T6C5UWHDPYE7AQ40/B_Title42_05.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Jesse Urquidez, at right, spins a migrant child, who’s name has been omitted for safety concerns, during a recess between classes at La Casa de Misericordia on Friday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Nogales, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889380800-3QOMEL9IO8U41ZF4U4M3/B_Title42_06.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo A group of migrants, who’s names have been omitted for safety concerns, help cook a meal for over 50 migrants at La Casa de Misericordia on Friday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Nogales, Mexico. The migrant shelter requires residents to contribute to daily tasks in order to build community as they navigate the asylum process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889380793-U1AZDT2399N34NHQIFPJ/B_Title42_07.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Migrant children play soccer after finishing their classes at La Casa de Misericordia on Friday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Nogales, Mexico. The shelter is located in a more remote area of Nogales, close to where many other migrants live due to lower housings costs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889386302-TSYBQD2A12UF4WFRF9D5/B_Title42_08.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Maria Guadalupe Morena Ruiz asks a question to the class during a history class for migrant children staying at La Casa de Misericordia on Friday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Nogales, Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889386381-MRS8347S4P4CFMH9JZTR/B_Title42_09.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Amaya Delgado García, 2, tucks her baby doll into a crib at her home on the outskirts of Nogales on Monday, May 23, 2022, in Nogales, Mexico. Her family moved to Nogales to apply for asylum after her father was kidnaped by the cartel for four days. In June of 2020, just after Amaya was born, her family fled their small house in central Mexico to Nogales to apply for asylum like thousands of other migrants in the busy border town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889416886-2GW7X9XE1V8VHDQWICWO/02_StoryA_010.jpg No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Migrant children and their families line up to receive Christmas gifts before heading to a hotel or to the airport while at Iglesia Cristiana El Buen Pastor on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Mesa. "It will be very difficult for them to celebrate Christmas in the subhuman conditions they are in right now, without food, out in the open in the cold, without a suitable place to live, let alone sleep, or celebrate Christmas. For those still on the border, there is no silent night,” Pastor Hector Ramirez said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889388796-BF7T9FUACFD9G6AJ4OPA/B_Title42_10.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Karol Buitrago cries as she talks to her sister-in-law in Miami to update her on their travel schedule and safety while at Iglesia Cristiana El Buen Pastor on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Mesa. Buitrago, a nail stylist from Colombia, fled her home after her previous husband was murdered three years ago by criminal gangs on Christmas Eve. The family flew to Mexico and then took buses to the border. Criminal organizations that control the Mexican side charged them $800 each to cross into the U.S., a total of $3,500, she said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889389571-C2U7TG0EKJZLODU96RTH/B_Title42_11.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo A migrant woman is detained by U.S. Border Patrol on suspicion of illegally entering the United States of America on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Hereford. The woman, along with two other migrants, allegedly got into a car that was waiting for them on the side of the highway before being stoped by a Border Patrol agent. The largely rural Cochise County who’s main thoroughfare I-10 has seen an uptake in a distinctive manner of smuggling which consists of younger drivers recruited on social media and paid thousands of dollars to drive to the border to pick up unauthorized migrants and transport them to Phoenix or other larger cities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889391383-4V2CSSFJIYNE768Q9HUY/B_Title42_12.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks during a press conference in front of the U.S.-Mexico border south of Sierra Vista on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Hereford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1705889392653-C47EW2FEAB0WBV74955Z/B_Title42_13.JPG No Admission: Title 42 in Limbo Elena Perez, left, and her husband Hernando Mondragon, of Michoacán, Mexico, hold each other during a vigil near the DeConcini port of entry for the continuation of Title 42 on Monday, May 23, 2022, in Nogales, Mexico. The couple arrived to Nogales fifteen days ago with the hope of seeking asylum in the U.S., but a federal judge in Louisiana ruled that Title 42, a Trump administration era public health order, must stay in place; making it difficult for migrants in Mexico to seek asylum to the U.S. http://www.antraniktavitian.com/mahmoud-the-weaver daily 0.75 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219482866-KZZXAEVDL0SW28PAYX7N/Mahmoud_01.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_01.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem holds a small hand woven rug he just bought up to his face at First Monday Trade Days flea market in Canton, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Canton. “You will never understand it. I understand it because I know, I know how,” Mahmoud Koseyaem said. “I'm picturing it in my head. The weaver when he was sitting down and smoking a cigarette and doing every time the knots.”(Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219483049-GVT3WSDMIL8SLBASWL7I/Mahmoud_02.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_02.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem examines his newest tapestry while sitting in his work room surrounded by woven tapestries depicting his home tome of Aleppo, Syrian at his apartment in Kingwood, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Houston. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219484282-E9S5B86UDGF05C2XKCXT/Mahmoud_03.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_03.JPG Georgy hangs onto a tread of yarn as Mahmoud Koseyaem weaves a tapestry depicting a buffalo for a client at their apartment in Kingwood, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Houston. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219484717-0GTDGN4HRUK67Y2PDXGD/Mahmoud_04.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_04.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem weaves an original tapestry at his apartment in Kingwood, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Houston. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219485512-0VS3PS7ZB32HY48N0VHY/Mahmoud_05.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_05.JPG Mila Rose, 5, turns back as she and her parents Alyssa Young, at left, and Mahmoud Koseyaem weave a tapestry depicting a buffalo for a client at their apartment in Kingwood, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Houston. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219485929-2PPOJ6BO0RDS5YPZ8LGS/Mahmoud_06.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_06.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem moves rugs and antiques from storage into his truck while prepping for the First Monday Trade Days flea market in Canton, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Houston. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219486555-NZBN3OG1PFZ72BQH2NR2/Mahmoud_07.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_07.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem weaves on a traditional loom at First Monday Trade Days flea market in Canton, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Canton. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219487035-FKRJU1641PVUIE8GWA3E/Mahmoud_08.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_08.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem holds up an antique hand woven rug while Andrea Santos, Kristen Jenkins, Alec Jenkins and Geoff Barker take a look at First Monday Trade Days flea market in Canton, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Canton. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219487500-6E33QNN15QI44CMPWO8P/Mahmoud_09.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_09.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem walks to his truck after a day of selling rugs at First Monday Trade Days flea market in Canton, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Canton. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219488116-ORAQ4PM4PQ1E3QZHVNW1/Mahmoud_10.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_10.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem checks the worn tires on his truck before taking it to get changed at First Monday Trade Days flea market in Canton, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Canton. Koseyaem drove to Arizona for another market the day after. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219488658-VEO1OX52ETQA8ZYJSF0H/Mahmoud_11.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_11.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem comments on the replacement tires while talking with Abdurrazak Cokur while they wait for his truck tires to be changed before driving to Arizona for a month long market, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Canton. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219489072-RI7S1GMQQBDCNTFU87NQ/Mahmoud_12.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_12.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem smokes a cigarette while he waits for his truck tires to be changed before driving to Arizona for a month long market, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Canton. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219490216-Q3BJ9ME6TXHWB9VQJJ4F/Mahmoud_13.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_13.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem and his wife Alyssa Young prepare food while hosting a Eid dinner with Young’s family at their Kingwood apartment during Iftar, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kingwood. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219490402-HYDN71BJ1B8PT23W9VPC/Mahmoud_14.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_14.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem helps his mother-in-law eat a pomegranate molasses glazed beef sausage while hosting a Eid dinner with wife’s family at their Kingwood apartment during Iftar, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kingwood. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219491139-L8GK4KEWBP4GT5UAPWKN/Mahmoud_15.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_15.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem and his in-laws sit around candle light after a storm knocked out his apartment building’s electricity while hosting a Eid dinner with his wife’s family at their Kingwood apartment during Iftar, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kingwood. “Now we’re a real Syrian family,” Koseyaem said, referring to the regular blackouts in his home country of Syria. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746219491416-R00GOXQSUSNSX4T9ZRSD/Mahmoud_16.JPG Mahmoud the Weaver - Mahmoud_16.JPG Mahmoud Koseyaem FaceTimes with his father Abdulkadr Mahmoud Khsyaem after a storm knocked out his apartment building’s electricity while hosting a Eid dinner with his wife’s family at their Kingwood apartment during Iftar, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Kingwood. “Now we’re a real Syrian family,” Koseyaem said, referring to the regular blackouts in his home country of Syria. (Antranik Tavitian / Houston Landing) http://www.antraniktavitian.com/stephans-first-day daily 0.75 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217335209-SYCZPE05OFAV2CUVJ7US/B_StephansFirstDay_02.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion sits in a visitation block during an interview at Clemens Unit, Monday, March 18, 2024, in Brazoria. Pantallion, from Southwest Houston, has been in the Texas justice system since he was 11. “I was angry,” Stephan said. “Where I came from, the only thing we do is fight.” At the heart of his rage, he said, was his father, who was never in his life. “A lot of us didn’t have dads growing up.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217325552-BOVFIVPZ7LRJZ026FQKG/B_StephansFirstDay_03.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion walks out of the Pam Lychner State Jail after serving three years, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Houston. Pantallion, the last to be released in a group of over a hundred inmates, had no one to pick him up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217335015-KHJSSXL612OIRI4OVNQD/B_StephansFirstDay_04.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion, still wearing his jail slippers, is escorted to a van that will take him to the Greyhound station in Houston’s East End neighborhood, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217341240-7FYMZO8P1EP0ITU1J4U3/B_StephansFirstDay_05.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion enjoys his first meal after being released from jail, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Houston. A local organization which is the first contact for many formally incarcerated people provided him with the meal and spoke to him about religion and staying on the with path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217346615-QJDRIIERBEDYL1ADTQZB/B_StephansFirstDay_06.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion, along with another a friend from jail, cross the street, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Houston. Pantallion refused the invitation from other people to jaywalk across the street out of fear of violating parole. “I just don’t want trouble man.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217348970-T1XQ4Q8FORX5NRI00JRI/B_StephansFirstDay_07.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion exits a Payday Loans after withdrawing money put in his commissary for post-jail travels, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217362733-I14D9JVIIN6ZYAPI60X3/B_StephansFirstDay_08.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion argues with his grandmother over the phone as he asks her to pick him up, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Houston. He asked if his ex-partner, the mother of his child, could come over, but his mother refused out of concern that they’d bring trouble. Pantallion spoke about wanting to be a different person after he left jail. One of the few belongings he brought with him was a bible, where he wrote his grandmother’s current address. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217364188-36XANCVBK435VRU2VG9R/B_StephansFirstDay_09.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion smiles as he peaks through the peep hole of his grandmothers apartment, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Houston. He hadn’t been home for almost three years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217374963-EHVEYOAINDWVN2DG36Q4/B_StephansFirstDay_10.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion holds up his nephew Cairo,1, after getting to his grandmother’s home, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Houston. Cairo’s father, Pantallion’s older brother, was supposed to be home, but he was detained and sent to jail awaiting his arraignment. The brothers haven’t seen each other for nearly a decade due to overlapping jail stints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217374977-98AKAA4R0IVD1G94INR0/B_StephansFirstDay_11.JPG Stephan's First Day Rodney Wilson, at left, welcomes Stephan Pantallion back to the neighborhood, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Houston. The two grew up together while Pantallion was in the Push Up gang of Southwest Houston. “Most of us was Crips, most of us was Bloods – that was all we knew, was gangbanging.” Pantallion expressed his concern over his safety. “That’s the only part I’m worried about,” he said. “I’m worried about getting killed.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1746217384411-X9TV552BWWXAREZPU5JE/B_StephansFirstDay_12.JPG Stephan's First Day Stephan Pantallion holds his daughter Kehlani, 2, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Houston. “I wish I would have knew my father,” Stephan said, asked what would have made things different for him. “If I would have knew my father I feel like none of this would have happened.” http://www.antraniktavitian.com/food daily 0.75 2025-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992952852-FGU13LR32A9GGTRBCH3L/Food_01.jpg Food Norwegian Salmon with a sun choke eurée, fava beans, dill apple relish, and a charred lemon sauce at Santé on Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Scottsdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992952849-DX0FCUE02F3PA9NRY33M/Food_02.jpg Food Saul Velazquez, Executive Chef at Santé, poses for a portrait with an assortment of dishes on Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Scottsdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1749503667512-C9W0C9RGGQ7CJ9A94MRJ/SotolCocktai_10282021_AT_004+copy+2.jpg Food A cocktail called "Forbidden Dance With Mango" on Thursday, Oct 28, 2021, at Sotol Cocktail Kitchen in Gilbert. The cocktail has the flavor profile of lively mango with notes of spice and heat with a frothy mouthfeel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992954393-U0SMKR9SSQ9R9D5JBFQN/Food_04.jpg Food Nuthapong Thunder Vance demonstrates making a Thunder's Piña colada at Lom Wong on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748993711912-F7WCWDULNBS0ZEL9J50U/Food_05.JPG Food A cocktail named "On Lake Time" on Thursday, Oct 28, 2021, at Sotol Cocktail Kitchen in Gilbert. A cocktail served with an inside out lime that lights on fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992956903-DWC49OX89YLRPJGCSJ79/Food_07.jpg Food From left, Rene Andrade (Bacanora), Anthony Fiorelli (Bones Aftermarket), and Mark Chacon (Founder of Chaconne Patisserie) pose for a portrait at Bones Aftermarket on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1749503961014-1C5DWFJYI2LM5JEGSYNI/Sante_05052022_AT_016.jpg Food The smoky apple cider mocktale at Santé on Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Scottsdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992958386-WVBBFZOFCYRJNO8R8RUH/Food_09.jpg Food Ivan Carreño and Abel Arriaga, co-founders of Compa Spirits, pose for a portrait at BARCOA Agaveria on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1749503612058-0UX6A1I2OHFK1EK3Q7LZ/Bacanora_03022022_AT_008-copy.jpg Food A cucumber salad at Bacanora on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992961309-08YMH9SZGXP1WZ0ND8PC/Food_12.jpg Food Chef Maria Parra Cano poses for a portrait at Food Forest Cooperative on Thursday, March. 17, 2022, in Phoenix. The farm co-op is a 1.5 acre plot of land located on Spaces of Opportunity in South Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1749503586276-E3PZ2NYBHLGNQI9805BA/DSC09359-copy.jpg Food Slices of grilled tomahawk steak with salsa de chile verde at Bacanora on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992962412-INEXE57RO9E6EGUHU4VX/Food_14.jpg Food Rufino Rios, master mezcalero, poses for a portrait at Hacienda Carreño on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Rios, along with two other mexcaleros, travel from their villages a few hours down a dirt road to stay at the farm and make that year’s batch of Mezcal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1749503849150-Z138CJHLCDZ933BQMLGD/Bacanora_03022022_AT_022.jpg Food Quesadillas with frijoles de la holla at Bacanora on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992964158-MPE8BQ7KLC5BKV89VOX6/Food_16.jpg Food Clockwise from top right, Roberto Centeno, Sal Ayala, Rene Andrade, Kassiddi Delander, Cecilia Garcia, Maria Maldonado, and Rubi Gonzales pose for a portrait at Bacanora on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992966806-327J2V107TFT4EM1BIJ8/Food_19.jpg Food A tomahawk steak steak grills along with a batch of chilis at Bacanora on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992965343-HK9OXO4JW9RT2JBQ4RT4/Food_17.jpg Food Mark Chacon (Founder of Chaconne Patisserie) poses for a portrait outside Bones Aftermarket on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Phoenix. Chacon started his pastry business in November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571bb9b4f8508283c1f8310c/1748992965694-Z2DFIDWZNGEK5PVDYQB9/Food_18.jpg Food The truck of a master mezcalero is parked alongside a blooming mezcal blooming agave at Hacienda Carreño on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2021 in San Dionisio Ocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. http://www.antraniktavitian.com/editing daily 0.75 2025-08-01