City of Big Shoulders
Under Armour Store, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Sonia Gutierrez
President Emeritus and Founder, Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School
Sonia Gutierrez, President Emeritus and Founder
Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School (Rodney Choice/Choice Photography/www.choicephotography.com)
Street Sense -- The Food Issue
Street Sense -- The Food Issue
Street Sense, The Food Issue (Rodney Choice/Choice Photography/www.choicephotography.com)
Connie Jo and Lee Get Hitched!
Silverbrook Farm Bed and Breakfast, Hillsboro, Virginia
New Level of Panic
The band has to eat too...
Baltimore, Maryland based band Sly45 taking a dinner break at a recent wedding I shot.
Sly45 (Rodney Choice/Choice Photography/www.choicephotography.com)
CaSh Jane Live!
CaSh Jane performing live in Washington, D.C.
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta at 2016 Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2016, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Rodney Choice/Choice Photography/www.choicephotography.com)
Tony
Tony. Used to play Division I college basketball. Suffers from mental illness. Currently homeless.
Executive Portraits--A Classic Approach
Last year I wrote here about how excited I get when I convince a client to agree to a more contemporary look and style for their corporate headshots. Recently, a client wanted to go back to basics. This is the result. Simple. Classic.
Menu of the Day
Jarrett Adams: EXONERATED
I recently had the opportunity to meet and interview one of the most extraordinary people I have met in a very long time. I have heard hundreds of stories of men who had been wrongly accused, convicted and sentenced for crimes that they vehemently denied committing. Jarrett Adams is one of a precious few to successfully prove that he was unjustly punished and eventually released.
Back on September 5, 1998, he and some friends drove a couple of hours away from the Chicago area to a party on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. A female student later reported that she had been sexually assaulted and identified Jarrett and his friends as the culprits. He was 17 years old at the time and was sentenced to a 28-year prison sentence. From the onset, he denied having committed the rape.
After almost 10 years in prison, and with the assistance of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, Jarrett was finally released. For many this would be a soul-crushing experience that would fill one with lots of bitterness and anger. If Jarrett harbors such feelings, it is barely detectable.
While there is no pending suit against the State of Wisconsin for his wrongful conviction and incarceration, he says “I am fighting with the state to change compensation laws to compensate me” and “was never given a dime or any services by the state despite having all charges against me dismissed.”
Jarrett channeled his energy into completing college and last year graduated from Loyola University School of Law in Chicago. He just finished a Judicial Fellowship with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, the same court that overturned his conviction. Now living in New York City, he starts work as an attorney for the New York Innocence Project next week.
In February Jarrett got married to an attorney with a multinational media organization.
For more information about Jarrett and his incredible journey, please visit these links:
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/jarrett-adams-unlikely-path-prison-lawyer
Stephanie and Drew Celebrate Their Love
It was a wet, rainy and cloudy day and we had to scrap our plans to shoot at Lincoln Memorial, but nothing could dampen the energy and spirit of this special day with this beautiful couple and their family and friends.
America's Vets Helping Vets For Life
TangleTwig Farm, Purcellville, Virginia
Allison
Allison R. Kokkoros, Chief Executive Officer, Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School