Moore Farms
Part of a larger story on supply chains during the pandemic for Texas Christian University. The following photos focus on Moore Farms in Arvin, CA, and 4th-generation farmer John C. Moore III. Photographed during potato and carrot harvest shortly after supply chains shifted in the wake of restaurant closures, causing an abrupt demand for groceries and overbuying.
Twins Adoption
In 2017, after more than five years of trying to adopt, Portland pediatrician Jennifer Yeast, DO, suddenly became a single mother of two in her late 40s.
Jennifer received a call from the Oregon Department of Human Services explaining her pediatric patients - 9-month-old fraternal twins Genevieve and Xavier - were being placed into the foster system. After answering questions about their medical history, Jennifer learned the twins were likely to be separated.
She inquired about fostering both children in hopes of keeping them together. But unfortunately, that same day, she had only an hour to receive them and buy necessities after finishing her shift at the North Portland Health Clinic.
Having placed a child for open adoption as a teenager in the late 1980s, Jennifer encouraged an open relationship and visitation with the children’s birth mother, who advocated in court for the adoption before she passed away unexpectedly in 2020.
The adoption was finalized two years after Genevieve and Xavier were delivered to Jennifer’s North Portland home. The family continues to live in Portland with their cat, Penelope.
The following images were photographed for AARP in the summer of 2021. Genevieve and Xavier were 4.5 years when photographed; Jennifer was 51.
Family Pod
Former neighbors, the Chernin and Coleman families, quarantined separately in San Francisco and Chicago, respectively, before testing for COVID-19 and traveling by car to live in a family pod for two months over the holidays. Their shared rental served as a workspace, living space, school, playground for four adults, five kids, and a hamster named Snickers. Shot for AARP.
Sweeney Todd’s Barbershop
The barbershop now known as Sweeney Todd’s, located at 4639 Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles, has had just three owners since the original shop opened in 1947. Today it serves as LA’s longest continually operated barbershop and specializes in classic men’s haircuts and straight razor shaves.
Kernel of Truth
Kernel of Truth Organics - Los Angeles’ first exclusively organic tortillería in an industrial kitchen in the East LA neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Owner Rick Ortega uses an ancient Mesoamerican technique to transform hard-to-digest corn kernels into a nutritious staple grain. It’s a thorough two-day process that includes soaking and cooking kernels in calcium hydroxide at a precise pH balance and extreme heat, causing temperatures in the kitchen to rise to 150 degrees and creating a sauna-like atmosphere—photographed for Los Angeles Magazine.
Glamour Gowns
The Glamour Gowns and Suit Up (GGSU) event provides new formal attire and accessories to teens in the Los Angeles foster care system. The event is produced by Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Los Angeles. Thus far, GGSU has provided more than 5,000 dresses to your who may otherwise not have access. More than 500 teenagers receive prom attire each spring.
