A Project in Partnership with Boyd's Station
Dia de Los Muertos
BY American ReportageDia de los Muertos, celebrated each year October 31 through November 2, demonstrates the melding of European and Mesoamerican traditions that define contemporary Mexican culture. Different elements of the celebration can be traced to different origins: the holiday ties in closely with All Saints Day, a Catholic holiday, while the celebritorial nature of holiday reflects the Aztec belief that death is an integral part of life and should be accepted.
Aloha Santa
BY American ReportageDriving into Aloha Stadium’s Show Aloha Land, this year’s drive-through Christmas light show, the infamous Santa Claus sits at the entrance with his radio playing Christmas songs people look forward to all year. As people drive by, he waves and welcomes them with a jolly “Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas! Always listen to mommy and daddy, kids.” That is Don Gonzales, and he has dressed up as Santa Claus for the past five years.
Delayed: Resilience in the Face of COVID-19
BY American ReportageThe coronavirus pandemic has delayed at least one facet of every person’s life. College students have been faced with a decision to either continue on their degree path with limited opportunities for real-world professional experience and ultimately feel ill-equipped for their professional careers – or hit pause on their education and fall behind their peers.
RV Learning
BY American ReportageNEST, which stands for Nutrition, Education, Safety, and Transformation, is a non-profit community learning center based out of mobile RVs in Loveland, Ohio, where founder, Evangeline DeVol, and other volunteers work closely with families in low-income neighborhoods.
Life and Death on a COVID Ward
BY American ReportageAs COVID-19 cases and deaths around Ohio continue to rise, staff on the COVID ICU floor of Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital work tirelessly to save the lives of their patients.
A Day at the North Pole
BY American ReportageDavid Schneider, 63, has been performing as Santa Claus for over 30 years. He would perform over 150-200 shows every year between November and December but this year he says it was about 15-20 shows.
Thanksgiving Food Distribution in Hawaii
BY American ReportageAbout 1,250 bento boxes were distributed on Thanksgiving Day by the Salvation Army to several low-income housing projects and senior facilities. Another team organized by Revolution Hawaii distributed meals to homeless individuals in downtown Honolulu.
Parker’s Pandemic Experience
BY American ReportageAs I live through the pandemic as a college student, I have found relief in documenting my 8-year-old little sister, Parker Ostronic’s, experience with the pandemic.
America Reimagined Project Curation 7
BY American ReportageAMERICA REIMAGINED A Collaboration Between Boyd’s Station and American Reportage Curated Images 11-12-2020 The “town square” exists in the American ideal as the physical and cultural gathering place for any community. Photographers participating in the “America Reimagined” project will use this construct as the starting point for their stories, and are free to visually interpret this theme according to …
America Reimagined Project Curation 6
BY American ReportageAMERICA REIMAGINED A Collaboration Between Boyd’s Station and American Reportage Curated Images 11-1-2020 The “town square” exists in the American ideal as the physical and cultural gathering place for any community. Photographers participating in the “America Reimagined” project will use this construct as the starting point for their stories, and are free to visually interpret this theme according to …
Election 2020
BY American ReportageAmerica Reimagined photographers across the country documented the run-up to the historic 2020 elections during a year of social and political strife and Americans and the rest of the world coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Food Pantry Portraits
BY American ReportageThe Iron Gate is a kitchen and food pantry that serves people experiencing homelessness and the hungry in downtown Tulsa. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Iron Gate has changed to grab and go meals and seen their food pantry numbers increase by 40 percent.
The Villages: Dueling Golf Cart Rallies
BY American ReportageDonald Trump is popular in The Villages. This is evident with the amount of people that arrived at Lake Miona Recreation Center to participate in the golf cart parade. There’s not an accurate number for the amount of people who attended the event on September 23rd, but the oversized parking lot was packed to the brim with golf carts.
America Reimagined Project Curation 5
BY American ReportageAMERICA REIMAGINED A Collaboration Between Boyd’s Station and American Reportage Curated Images 9-25-2020 The “town square” exists in the American ideal as the physical and cultural gathering place for any community. Photographers participating in the “America Reimagined” project will use this construct as the starting point for their stories, and are free to visually interpret this theme according to …
“Eyes Front, Mr. Keating”
BY American Reportage“Eyes front, Mr. Keating,” said every teacher to this fidgety, nosy and perpetually un-prepared student. The point being made was that there was something of some level of importance being made at the front of the classroom and we should all pay attention.
America Reimagined: Lao Ministry Norwood Church Food Pantry
BY American ReportageEvery Tuesday and Friday from 10a.m. to noon, Lao Ministry Norwood Church opens their food pantry in St. Petersburg, Fla., to give food to people who need it.
America Reimagined: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies
BY American ReportageRuth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, died as a result of complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas at her home in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2020. She was 87.
America Reimagined Project Curation 4
BY American ReportageAMERICA REIMAGINED A Collaboration Between Boyd’s Station and American Reportage Curated Images 9-4-2020 The “town square” exists in the American ideal as the physical and cultural gathering place for any community. Photographers participating in the “America Reimagined” project will use this construct as the starting point for their stories, and are free to visually interpret this theme according to their …