Getty Images sent me to Yakima, WA yesterday to document U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement detainees being transferred onto a charter flight, likely for deportation. A small group of activists, who usually observe during the weekly flights, came to show support for the detainees.
Recent work for The New York Times: Delta, American, and United all began canceling flights to mainland China amidst coronavirus fears, leaving travelers stranded. The Trump administration also began restricting entry into the U.S. from China. View the article here.
RIP, Black Mamba. Kobe Bryant came to Seattle in the final year of the Supersonics’ existence, 2008. The Lakers beat the Sonics but I was thrilled to photograph Kobe while working my first ever NBA game.
Tear sheet from The Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/china-virus-kills-two-more-patients-as-authorities-step-up-control-measures-11579614626
Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant and community allies held a “Tax Amazon” rally last night to begin a new phase in their ongoing battle with Amazon in Seattle. Amazon put up millions to bolster her opponents and other ballot measures last November, with little success, after Sawant led a failed effort in 2019 to tax Amazon and other large corporations in the city. Sawant, an outspoken socialist, and her supporters enter 2020 energized to continue their criticism of Amazon and try to increase its tax burden to pay for things like affordable housing.
I spent a stormy day recently at Pioneer Potatoes, a farm in Mount Vernon, WA that grows … Brussels sprouts (along with their primary crop, the potato).
I covered an anti-war rally today in Seattle for Getty Images. The gathering was one of dozens held across the U.S. today.One of the pictures was published in The New York Times here. MyNorthwest also ran a nice gallery.