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Photographed for The Washington Post: Mohammad Sadeed, 40, who worked at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan before his family settled in Philadelphia two years ago, now spends his evenings on the phone trying to get his wife and five children out of Afghanistan. In July, Mohammad and his family flew back one more time to visit his ailing mother; he returned to work in Philadelphia while they stayed a bit longer. And then Kabul fell.⁣ ⁣ Reporting by William Wan: “The hardest calls for Mohammad came late at night — early morning in Afghanistan — when there was enough Internet bandwidth for his family to video-chat with him from their basement hideout. The night before, his youngest son had begged for Mohammad to save them.⁣ ⁣ “Why can’t you just buy a plane to bring us home? When will you buy this plane for us?” the 4-year-old had asked.”⁣ Written by William Wan.

John Fetterman portrait Gisele Barreto Fetterman portrait U.S. Senator, US Senator, former Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor and Second Lady of Pennsylvania (SLOP) at their home in Braddock, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh

Images of life in Rio de Janeiro and Recife, Brazil on the beach and in town.

Sujitno Sajuti, 70, took sanctuary for 18 months in a church near New Haven, Connecticut, after spending 71 days in a detention center. Born in Indonesia, Sujitno came to the U.S. as a Fulbright and USAID scholar in the 1980s, but through a string of bad luck and poor legal advice, faced the possibility of deportation to a country he no longer knew. In May 2019, he was able to return to his home with his wife in Connecticut without further threat of deportation. As of 2018, there were 805,000+ undocumented immigrants in the U.S. age 55 or older.

At the outset of the pandemic, a number of politicians and media outlets praised San Francisco for “flattening the curve” of Covid-19, but all the while the City failed to protect SF’s 8,000+ homeless, some of the city’s most vulnerable residents who were already living in close proximity. In May 2020, the University of California Hastings Law School filed suit against the City of San Francisco for the “dangerous and illegal conditions in the Tenderloin Neighborhood,” emphasizing the safety needs of businesses and housed residents. It was only after reaching a settlement in June that the City began relocating select unhoused people from streets surrounding the law school and into Safe Sleeping Sites and hotels, while still requiring others to move to homeless encampments elsewhere int he city.

Photographs and portraits in Kokand, Uzbekistan, including dancers, performers, artisans and audience members of the First International Handicraft Festival

Some of China’s best masseurs are blind. Chinese cities often lack social support for the disabled yet blind masseurs are able to earn a living wage and support themselves through these centers. They also live there. A massage is sometimes accompanied by other treatments like cupping, which is believed to promote circulation. With classical Chinese music playing on the radio, and exchanges between masseurs and regulars on everything from China’s gender imbalance to the best local street food, it's a lively atmosphere.

This gallery represents a variety of images from in and around Myanmar (Burma) in Southeast Asia, including Mandalay, Yangon (Rangoon), Inle Lake and Bagan Please Contact licensing@carolinegutman.com if you have any questions regarding licensing or printing. To view licensing and printing options and fees, please select an image and select "Add To Cart." All Images are registered with the US Copyright Office. ©Caroline Gutman

This gallery represents a variety of images from the 2020 U.S. Presidential election in the swing state of Pennsylvania, including Count the Vote rallies, portraits of voters and protestors, Please Contact licensing@carolinegutman.com if you have questions on licensing or printing. To view licensing and printing options and fees, please select an image and select "Add To Cart." All Images are registered with the US Copyright Office. ©Caroline Gutman

Photographs of Feed the Fridge meal delivery and fridge restocking programs in Bethesda, Maryland and Washington, DC, founded by chef Mark Bucher and sponsored by Medium Rare restaurants, Nationals MLB baseball team and others.

South of Aja, Arizona lies the harsh and unforgiving Sonoran Desert that stretches across the border and into the horizon. The landscape has become an unmarked graveyard to countless migrants who’ve died on their journey north. For the last seven years, Colombian sculpture artist Alvaro Enciso has created permanent memorials for those who died on their harrowing journey seeking asylum. He has installed over 900 wooden crosses across the farthest reaches of the desert. "I never set out to be a gravedigger but now that I’m here I think that’s exactly what I was meant to do," says Enciso, who makes cross sculptures out of wood with a red metal dots in their center. A few times a year, he and several volunteers drive down riverbeds and over barren hills into the heart of the Sonoran Desert, as the sun beats down relentlessly. Together they carry the crosses over gulches and gullies, anchoring them in cement at the exact GPS coordinates where the medical examiner found human remains. "What’s important is we’re here honoring the courage of someone who had the American dream," says Enciso.

Eighty miles south of Graceland and a step back in time, Shankerman’s Men’s Wear Store and its owner Floyd Shankerman have become an inseparable part of Clarksdale, Mississippi’s history. At 77, he’s third generation at the eponymous haberdashery, Clarksdale’s longest running store. Floyd is known for his tuxedos as well as his tunes — a purveyor of fashions of the bygone Mad Men days and an endearing singer of Elvis ballads. He’s a coin collector and a baker. A former star baseball player and a golfer. A grandfather and a self-described “hell raiser.” But he’s also a symbol of progress in Clarksdale, having long brought together people from different generations, religions and races through his work and hobbies. His store, a gathering place for friends and customers, is where he wants to be. “You need to stick with what you know best, and that’s right here.”

Photographs taken across Istanbul over 10 years. Please use the search function to find additional images available for licensing.

Photos across Yunnan Province, China of rice fields

I began walking around my neighborhood Bernal Heights every day when San Francisco announced Shelter in Place in March 2020. It's been my daily meditation; I've set out with no direction or purpose, seeing where my feet take me and what grabs my eye. I started photographing signs of my neighbors (despite their physical absence during quarantine) as well as my neighborhood's quirks and magic before discovering parallels between my neighbors. Even in our uniqueness, we reflect each other.

For 45 years, Louis Bryan, 78, a self-described San Francisco sock model and fruit connoisseur, has loved giving homemade jams and jellies to those who least expect it. Over the years he’s befriended purveyors at every SF farmer’s market, friendships that continue to inspire his creative canning. “My life revolves around what’s in the market — I prefer to make what’s in season,” says Bryan, as he inspects a batch of tayberries from his Segway. During quarantine, his canning has been a salve. “I’ve been making jams and jellies so fast now I’m running out of shelf space to put them all,” he says as he hands two neighbors this week’s Meyer Lemon Marmalade. A veteran and retired technical writer who also goes by Matte Gray, Bryan publishes his recipes (e.g. “Flavor Grenade Pluot Jam” and “Nectarine Curry Jalapeño Jam”) alongside an annual production log; both are full of wit and wisdom. There’s no doubt that Louis Bryan “Matte Gray” has one of the sweetest gigs in San Francisco.