I donated my photography services to Preterm in 2017 for a project called “Faces of Preterm”. This series was designed to highlight patients and supporters of Preterm, including highlighting LGBTQ+ people and people of color in order to create beautiful art that is welcoming and inclusive in their patient spaces.
I have been working with Preterm on a retainer basis since 2018. Every year I design their Annual report. Below you can see the reports from 2020, 2019, and 2018. The reports feature some of my photo & illustration work as well.
I photograph various events, the clinic, the staff, etc. as it comes up. I also edit older photos to make sure everything feels cohesive. Though none of this particular work shows it, I am very comfortable doing clipping masks as well.
In 2019 I created some graphics for Preterm to promote the availability of abortion care in Ohio, including where to find providers. These are a few related graphics, mostly for social media as well as a koozie design for funding abortion care that didn’t end up getting used, but it was a fun project. I’m happy to share some more Preterm projects if you are interested in seeing more work from the years I’ve spent working with them.
In 2019 I designed some wireframes for a Book of Choices website for NARAL as well as built out a simple website on Squarespace for Patients to Advocates. I designed logos for both sites. Although I do not personally run the site or make updates to it, you can view the P2A site here: https://www.patientstoadvocates.org/. You can also click on the thumbnails to see them expanded. I am not a programmer but am reasonably comfortable in Wordpress, and very comfortable with Squarespace.
Lauren Lasko, founder of MaLa, hired the company I was working for to completely build her brand as well as provide her with coaching and consulting on executing her brand once our project concluded. This included my recommendations for when + what to share online, defining content categories, designing business cards, planning + shooting an in home group consultation, providing direction for her website and look + feel online, to name a few. The process I took her though provided her with a brand, and tools to start her business that she felt confident using.
Above: A general overview of created content in the form of photography + marketing + design as well as Mala’s Brand Book (most of it, a little bit out of order at parts for the sake of this presentation).
In 2012 and 2013 I donated my photography services to a local shelter for women and children in Akron, Ohio. I was personally drawn to the project, given my proximity to the shelter, and I felt a responsibility to help in a way that I could. The photos were sold at an auction with all proceeds going to the shelter. Privacy was a big concern for this project; as such we didn’t show any of the kids’ faces. I enjoyed the challenge of telling a story without the use of eyes—which often tell so much. The kids were eager to be in front of the camera however, and came up with many ideas of their own for how they wanted to be photographed. This project was, and remains very meaningful to me.
Come H[om]e is a passion project for *Haja Tunkara, created to help young girls and women see that they are more than what society makes them feel they are. Her goal was to empower young women everywhere by helping them find inner peace and strength. She wanted to show them how to channel their anger toward an unfair society in a way that was productive, and to help them find balance between who they are as an individual and what they contribute to the world. Her mission was to achieve this through the practice of ohm—finding oneness—believing that people have the energy within them to create what they desire, and to aid young women in harnessing that energy by providing them with a safe space and sounding board for growth.
I built a brand for Haja during my time at Indie foundry which included a large photoshoot with a great group of young girls in our studio. I also provided her with tools and resources for continuing to evolve her brand both in physical and on digital platforms when she was ready.