President Barack Obama -- The End of an Era

December 16, 2016

I first began covering then Senator and Presidential hopeful Barack Obama back in 2007. Of all the hundreds of photos that I have taken of him over the years, across two campaigns and two terms in office, this photo is by far my favorite. While I have featured this shot on my website for years, it has actually been printed and displayed in a public setting only twice before.

Barack Obama by (Rodney Choice/Choice Photography/www.choicephotography.com)

As this historic Presidency is coming to a close, I have been scouring the archives, reflecting on almost a decade's worth of imagery of Mr. Obama. This is the one I photo I have decided to make available, for sale, in print to the general public for the very first time.

Click on the link below to order:

http://choicephotography.zenfolio.com/presidentobama

Ringside

December 10, 2016

Row Houses

December 07, 2016

Silvia

December 01, 2016

Shawnda

November 29, 2016

The Auctioneer

November 28, 2016

Street Sense--The Housing Issue

November 27, 2016

Street Sense 11.16.2016_compressed-5.jpg

Street Sense 11.16.2016_compressed-6.jpg

Street Sense 11.16.2016_compressed-7.jpg

http://streetsense.org/article/limited-income-limited-options-despite-maintenance-neglect-tenants-resolve-not-to-leave-homes/

Florida Avenue Grill's Annual Good Will at the Grill Thanksgiving Community Breakfast

November 24, 2016

The Florida Avenue Grill in Washington, D.C. held it's annual free community breakfast for local residents, community leaders and locally elected officials. In partnership with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless and Howard University's WHUR Radio Network, The Grill also provided bags of groceries and fresh turkeys on a first-come, first-serve basis. This event began a few years by Imar Hutchins, current owner of The Grill, which has the distinction of being the longest continuously operating Soul food restaurant in the country, having been founded in 1944 as a small family business.

Congress Heights Landlord Neglect

November 12, 2016

This week I was assigned by a local newspaper to shoot for an upcoming article on housing, development, gentrification, homelessness and poverty in the Nation’s Capital

There was particular focus on four residential buildings around the Congress Heights Metro Station along Alabama Avenue in Southeast Washington, D.C. that have been neglected by landlords for years -including no heat or hot water and no treatment for rodent infestation. In too many instances, it takes several phone calls to get even the most routine maintenance requests addressed. Residents have had to replace burnt-out hallway light bulbs on their own instead of waiting weeks for their landlords to do it. Security is also an issue as many of the empty apartments have been broken into and become havens for gang activity, including the use and sale of illegal drugs.

These mostly working-class, elderly and poor residents feel the neglect is intentional as part of a calculated plan to push them out in order to make way for new development.

#housingisahumanright #gentrification #development #congressheights #poverty #neglect #justicefirst #washingtondc

Ryan

November 11, 2016

Erika

November 08, 2016

Jenny

November 02, 2016

Deliberate Face to F.A.C.E.: Is #UniversalHousing a Human Right?

October 30, 2016

Focus Attitude and Commitment to Excellence (FACE), a group of Street Sense artists and vendors joined the People for Fairness Coalition for a town hall style event at The Church of The Epiphany in Washington, D.C. Deliberate Face to F.A.C.E.: Is Housing a Human right? wants to bring attention to the issue of housing affordability by engaging local and national elected officials using the District of Columbia as an example and ensure that #UniversalHousing is a part of every Presidential campaign's platform.

The Panelists included D.C. citizens who are homeless and formerly homeless, as well as experts and advocates from Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, People for Fairness Coalition, ONE DC, and Empower DC.