Photography

I am a social justice and event photographer. My work centers BIPOC, especially womxn, youth, and families of color. My current long-term project is a series portraying Womxn and Nonbinary Farmers of Color in Washington state, funded by the 2019 Northwest Journalists of Color Visual Storytelling Grant.

If you would like to work with me on an event, please contact me for rates and bookings.

Previous clients & photojournalism: Social Justice Fund Northwest, API Chaya, Open Arms Perinatal Services, Anak Bayan, Got Green, Families of Color Seattle, The Alliance for Gun Responsibility, Progress Alliance of Washington, The South Seattle Emerald, The Seattle Globalist, and more.

shchangphoto

Social Justice Photographer
🥇2019 NW Journalists of Color Visual Storytelling Grant
Long-term project: #WomxnNonbinaryFarmersofColor👩🏾‍🌾

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2019 Hate and Gun Violence Summit @allianceforgunresponsibility. I love this image because there’s so much happening emotionally among these panelists, both individually and between them. #sikh #sikhamericans #whitemen #blackwomen #blackmothers are impacted by gun violence (or the threat of it) VERY differently in the US. For me, this shot brings up all the complexities and nuances we should be thinking about on this issue. Also important to note this event was held in a #Jewish synagogue which adds obvious significance.
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Faisa Farole, Somali Doulas Northwest @somalidoulas, Executive Director, talks about gross racial disparities in pre/postnatal care + childbirth for Black women and how she became a midwife. WoC Story Series: “Caregivers of Color”.
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Miriam Zmiewski-Angelova, mother, community activist and Preschool Program Manager, Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, shares her birth story at WoC Story Series: “Caregivers of Color” #black #choctaw.
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Emijah Smith shares her heartfelt stories of Black community and caregiving last night at WoC Story Series: “Caregivers of Color.” Emijah was born and raised in Seattle’s Central District, a historically Black, redlined neighborhood which is being gentrified rapidly. In addition to being a community activist and mother who fights for racial justice, Emijah is also Community Engagement Manager at Children’s Alliance.
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This summer. Signs + Aloha 4 Protection of #MaunaKea
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This summer. Signs + Aloha 4 Protection of #MaunaKea
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Inherited & Intergenerational Trauma and Using Principles of Yoga for Healing, Nikki Chau.
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CID Is Home: Community Speaks Out! In the background: poster memorial to Robert “Uncle Bob” Santos, a beloved Seattle Civil Rights Era leader and one of the historic Gang of Four. Uncle Bob was a well-known social justice activist who fought to preserve Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.
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Kylie Mooncakes @xmooncakes doing Drag Storytime at API Chaya’s @apichayasea 2nd annual Generations Fest this weekend. Yasssss 💋📗.
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Dancer at Senator Rebecca Saldaña’s fall celebration of the 37th legislative district. Held at the new Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture, first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest 💃🏽 Voting Day is Nov 5!

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Two important actions happening this week to protect Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. Oct 22 (Tue) Show Up to Save the @bushgardenseattle Building! Oct 27 (Sun) CID Is Home: Community Speak Out! Across the US, Chinatowns represent 150 years of immigrant survival since the first large immigration of Chinese men in the 1850s. Chinatowns were close-knit ethnic enclaves originally formed at the edge of downtowns due to segregation and redlining. But today, those enclaves are located at the heart of downtowns and extremely vulnerable to gentrification. US Chinatowns are seeing more and more displacement of low-income residents, elders, and immigrants, in favor of wealthier, whiter residents and the development of luxury towers. From 2000-2014, the median rent in AAPI neighborhoods increased 74% compared to the national median rent rise of 53%. In February this year, the Atlantic published an article entitled "The End of the American Chinatown." As an Asian American, the threat of that erasure makes me feel so sad and devastated. But I also know there are a lot of Asian/Am activists out there trying to slow this devastation down. #Seattle check out #HumbowsNotHotels on FB for more and for event details [📷 from Don’t Displace the CID this summer].
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Kirsten Harris-Talley getting down at NW Social Justice Fund’s annual dinner, aka Social Justice Prom. Kirsten is the Political and Programs Manager at Progress Alliance of Washington and active in the #BlocktheBunker and #NoNewYouthJail movements. She’s also a founding board member of Surge Reproductive Justice and in 2017, was appointed interim Seattle City Council Member for Position 8. In other words, Kirsten is a badass💃🏾#decolonizer.
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Have exciting news about my #WomxnNonbinaryFarmersofColor👩🏾‍🌾 project which I’ll be sharing in Nov 😉Meanwhile, glorious to finally sit down with all the farmer interviews from the last months, start transcribing, and writing up stories. This is Indigenous farmer Elizabeth Bragg of Long Hearing Farm showing me a Cherokee heirloom bean variety she grew last season. Elizabeth is Blackfeet and some Cherokee as well as Gros Vetre. She grew these beans–which she describes as “obsidian, gorgeous, amazing”–from seeds her Indigenous mother was able to bring back from the North Carolina Cherokee seed bank. Growing Indigenous and ancestral foods is a cornerstone of Bragg’s practice as an activist farmer. She is such an inspiration and it was a beautiful morning that day walking around her farm in Rockport, at the foot of Sauk Mountain near the Skagit River. More to come...stay tuned!.
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Coming up on that time of year heavy with hallmark holidays, commercial advertising, capitalism. The time of year when hardcore tropes–about what “happy” “good” family, personhood, culture look like– take up all the oxygen (to sell product). Don’t breathe the smog. Take back the narrative. Archives: Blackout Friday, Nov 25, 2016 #BlackLivesMatter.
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay2019 #Seattle.
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay2019 #Seattle.
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#notinvisible #mmiw #nomorestolensisters #mmiwg #mmiwg2s #indigenouspeoplesday #indigenouspeoplesday2019 #seattle.
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#notinvisible #mmiw #nomorestolensisters #mmiwg #mmiwg2s #indigenouspeoplesday #indigenouspeoplesday2019 #seattle.
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According to the US Dept of Justice, American Indian women face murder rates 10 times the national average and HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER RACE OR ETHNICITY. Since 2016, there have been at least 5,712 cases of missing & murdered Indigenous women. 84% of Native women have experienced violence in their lifetime and 4 out of 5 Native women are affected by violence today. It’s an epidemic of staggering proportions–yet still too few people are even aware the crisis exists. Please don’t be one of the ignorant. Red is the official color of the MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) movement to raise awareness about the plight Native women are facing. A red hand painted over the mouth stands for the Native women who have been silenced, can’t, or couldn’t speak #notinvisible #mmiw #nomorestolensisters #mmiwg #mmiwg2s #indigenouspeoplesday #indigenouspeoplesday2019 #seattle.
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay2019 #Seattle.
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#indigenouspeoplesday #indigenouspeoplesday2019 #seattle.
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