https://bryanmeltz.com https://bryanmeltz.com/INFO/BIO/1 https://bryanmeltz.com/INFO/Contact/1 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/thumbs https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/1/pf-media/Tearonline.jpgTearonline https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/2/pf-media/FFCCover-RT_1.jpgFFCCover-RT_1 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/3/pf-media/FFFIMG_5620copy.jpgFFFIMG_5620copy https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/4/pf-media/17-68036-CS-SV6_WELL_Crenn_hzF_VIEWONLY_Page_1.jpgDominique Crenn for Sous-Vide MagazineDominique Crenn photographed at Bar Crenn in San Francisco, CA for the Spring 2019 issue of Sous-Vide Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/5/pf-media/NYT2015-07-28D1-prisondogs.jpgNYT2015-07-28D1-prisondogs https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/6/pf-media/digital-tear2copy.jpgdigital-tear2copyFrom a recent assignment for The New York Times about a senior hockey tournament in Santa Rosa, CA. To read the full article in the New York Times click <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/24/sports/hockey/senior-hockey-snoopy.html">HERE</a> https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/7/pf-media/GQ-jerry_1.jpgGQ-jerry_1 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/8/pf-media/tearsheet_1.jpgtearsheet_1To read the full article in the New York Times click <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/24/sports/hockey/senior-hockey-snoopy.html?smid=url-share">HERE</a> https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/9/pf-media/NYT-Cover_1.jpgNYT-Cover_1 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/10/pf-media/NYTcover-2_1.jpgNYTcover-2_1 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/11/pf-media/yolospreadPagesfrom10-5-LMUmagazine-Fall2022V5_Page_1.jpgyolospreadPagesfrom10-5-LMUmagazine-Fall2022V5_Page_1 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/12/pf-media/yolospreadPagesfrom10-5-LMUmagazine-Fall2022V5_Page_3.jpgyolospreadPagesfrom10-5-LMUmagazine-Fall2022V5_Page_3 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/13/pf-media/NYT2016-09-27D1-plumbing.jpgNYT2016-09-27D1-plumbing https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/14/pf-media/AltonBrown2.jpgAltonBrown2Alton Brown for The New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/15/pf-media/NYTtear52918.jpgNYTtear52918 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/16/pf-media/Undiagnosed_NYT.jpgUndiagnosed_NYT https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/17/pf-media/SonomaMagazine1-2.jpgSonomaMagazine1-2Beekeper Candace Koseba photographed for Sonoma Magazine, September 2024 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/18/pf-media/SonomaMagazine3-4.jpgSonomaMagazine3-4Beekeper Candace Koseba photographed for Sonoma Magazine, September 2024 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/19/pf-media/SonomaMagazine5.jpgSonomaMagazine5Beekeper Candace Koseba photographed for Sonoma Magazine, September 2024 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/20/pf-media/SFMAG_JAN2018_Page_2_Image_0001_1.jpgSFMAG_JAN2018_Page_2_Image_0001_1 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/21/pf-media/SFMAG_JAN2018_Page_1_Image_0001_1.jpgSFMAG_JAN2018_Page_1_Image_0001_1Dr. Debbie Madhok for San Francisco Magazone on an article about how Dr. Madhok is transforming the protocol for treating stroke victims. https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/22/pf-media/HomelessHotel.jpgHomelessHotel https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/23/pf-media/respect-001_1.jpgrespect-001_1My hip hop portfolio was featured in a five page spread by the amazing folks at RESPECT Magazine. Above is Big Boi, photographed in his studio for Rolling Stone Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/24/pf-media/respect-003_1.jpgrespect-003_1Diamond, formerly of the group Crime Mob for Mass Appeal Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/25/pf-media/respect-004_1.jpgrespect-004_1Left, Shawy Lo at Atlanta's Bowen Homes for XXL Magazine. Right, Bow Wow for XXL Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/26/pf-media/respect-005_1.jpgrespect-005_1Left, DG Yola for The Fader. Right, Dallas Austin for Financial Times. https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/27/pf-media/respect-002_1.jpgrespect-002_1B.O.B. for Vice Magazine https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/28/pf-media/FT_Guns_Page_1.jpgFT_Guns_Page_1 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/29/pf-media/FT_Guns_Page_2.jpgFT_Guns_Page_2 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/30/pf-media/FT_Guns_Page_3.jpgFT_Guns_Page_3 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/31/pf-media/FT_Guns_Page_4.jpgFT_Guns_Page_4 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/32/pf-media/FT_Guns_Page_5.jpgFT_Guns_Page_5 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/33/pf-media/Mirna.jpgMirnaMirna Valerio for Runners World Magazine https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/34/pf-media/wannatear.jpgwannatear https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/35/pf-media/AltonBrown.jpgAltonBrownAlton Brown for The New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/36/pf-media/NYT2016-09-27D1-plumbing2.jpgNYT2016-09-27D1-plumbing2 https://bryanmeltz.com/TEARSHEETS/37/pf-media/NYT-fires_1.jpgNYT-fires_1Sonoma County Fire Coverage for The New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/1/pf-media/Syria_03.jpgSyria_03The US, until very recently, has always had a long tradition of offering refuge to those fleeing persecution and war, a proud legacy that most Americans could get behind regardless of their politics. That world view no longer appears to be the case, and since 2016 the numbers of refugees granted resettlement in this country have all but nearly come to a halt.  https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/2/pf-media/Syria_09.jpgSyria_09Jamal, Nadema, and their children walk through a supermarket in Clarkston, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/3/pf-media/Syria_02.jpgSyria_02Ahmad,4, kisses his father Jamal's cheek inside their apartment in Clarkston. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/4/pf-media/Syria_01.jpgSyria_01Ahmad, 4, plays inside his mother's hijab while she prepares dinner for the family inside their apartment in Clarkston, Georgia. The family arrived from Syria in 2016 and was one of a handful of Syrian refugees granted resettlement to the area. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/5/pf-media/Syria_12.jpgSyria_12Abdullah, 14, loks out the window during a drive to the grocery store in Clarkston. Abdullah is the oldest son in the family. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/6/pf-media/Syria_15.jpgSyria_15Abdullah, 14, Mohamad, 11, and Rayan, 7 gather around the family's computer which was donated to them. The computer allows the kids to work on their homework and learn English. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/7/pf-media/Syria_11.jpgSyria_11Ahmad, 4, watches his mother, Nadema, load groceries into their minivan after a supermarket run in Clarkston. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/8/pf-media/Syria_08.jpgSyria_08Nadema and her husband Jamal, along with their five children, Ahmad, 4, Aya, 1`3, Rayan, 7, Mohamad, 11, and Abdullah, 14. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/9/pf-media/Syria_04.jpgSyria_04Aya, 13, sits on her bed with her younger sister Rayan, 7, at their apartment in Clarkston. Aya's family arrived from Syria in 2016 to Clarkston, Geogia and was one of a handful of Syrian refugees granted resettlement to the area. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/10/pf-media/Syria_06.jpgSyria_06Rayan, 7, works on her homework after school in the family's apartment in Clarkston. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/11/pf-media/Syria_05.jpgSyria_05 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/REFUGE:-from--SYRIA-to-ATLANTA/12/pf-media/Syria_13.jpgSyria_13Nadema follows the children back to their apartment after picking them up from the bus stop. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/1/pf-media/prisondogs-tears_12.jpgprisondogs-tears_12To read the full article in the New York Times click <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/science/dogs-trained-in-prison-to-protect-lives.html/">HERE</a> https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/2/pf-media/PrisonDogs_08.jpgPrisonDogs_08<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Canine Performance Sciences Program at Auburn University breeds and trains dogs to detect explosives. For about half of their first year, dogs from the program live in a state prison, where inmates train and live with the dogs 24/7. Photographed at the Coffee Correctional Facility in Nicholls, Georgia for an article The New York TimesTo read the online version of the article, please visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/science/dogs-trained-in-prison-to-protect-lives.html?smid=url-share" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> </strong><h4> https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/3/pf-media/PrisonDogs_02.jpgPrisonDogs_02<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Dogs spend up to four months at a time with inmates enrollled in the program at Coffee Correctional Facility, a medium security prison in Nichols, Georgia.To read the online version of the article, please visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/science/dogs-trained-in-prison-to-protect-lives.html?smid=url-share" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> </strong><h4> https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/4/pf-media/PrisonDogs_03.jpgPrisonDogs_03 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/5/pf-media/PrisonDogs_09.jpgPrisonDogs_09 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/6/pf-media/PrisonDogs_07.jpgPrisonDogs_07 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/7/pf-media/PrisonDogs_01.jpgPrisonDogs_01Inmates in the Coffee Correctional Facility, a medium security prison in Nichols, Georgia, get some play time in with the dogs. Each dog typically stays with the inmates for 4 months during their year long training to become detection dogs. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/8/pf-media/PrisonDogs_04.jpgPrisonDogs_04Each dog is assigned to a prisoner who acts as their main handler and trainer. The dogs sleep in a crate by the inmate's bunk and are with the inmate 24/7. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/9/pf-media/PrisonDogs_11.jpgPrisonDogs_11An inmate with his dog at Coffee Prison in Nichols, Georgia. Each dog is assigned to a prisoner who acts as their main handler and trainer. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/10/pf-media/PrisonDogs_12.jpgPrisonDogs_12An inmate handler works with his dog on detection training in the library of the prison. The dogs are all trained to be detection dogs and will be sold to a security company or the military after their time with the program. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/11/pf-media/PrisonDogs_13.jpgPrisonDogs_13Dogs from Auburn University's Canine Performance Sciences Program spend up to four months at a time with inmates in the Coffee Correctional Facility, a medium security prison in Nichols, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/12/pf-media/PrisonDogs_14.jpgPrisonDogs_14 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/13/pf-media/PrisonDogs_05.jpgPrisonDogs_05 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/PRISON-DOGS/14/pf-media/PrisonDogs_15.jpgPrisonDogs_15Dogs from Auburn University Canine Performance Sciences Program spend up to four months at a time with inmates in the Coffee Correctional Facility, a medium security prison in Nichols, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/1/pf-media/Guntown_01.jpgGuntown_01Danyelle Teets, 23, holding a SCAR (Special Forces Combat Assault Rifle) AR-15 outside Nick's Guns and Range in Kennesaw, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/2/pf-media/Guntown_02.jpgGuntown_02Dent "Wildman" Myers with his twin semi-automatic pistols in Kennesaw, Georgia, the only place in America where it is compulsory to own a gun. Myers is the owner of Wildman's Civil War Surplus in Kennesaw, Georgia. Myers calls his store "The Best Little War House in Kennesaw." The store sells everything from confederate flags to KKK daggers https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/3/pf-media/Guntown_03.jpgGuntown_03Samantha Ellis, 26, holding a Kimber Ultra Carry .45 outside Nicks Guns and Range in Kennesaw, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/4/pf-media/Guntown_04.jpgGuntown_04Staff Sgt MEric Mederos, 16.Young Marine Corp Kain Vandegriff, part of the Young Marines program, outside Nick's Guns and Range in Kennesaw, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/5/pf-media/Guntown_05.jpgGuntown_05Erik Fredricks, 37, wears a Smith and Wesson .357 revolver on his hip outside Nicks Guns and Range in Kennesaw, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/6/pf-media/Guntown_06.jpgGuntown_06Zachary Wessinger, 10 years old and part of the Young Marines program, holds his .22 Long Rifle outside Nick's Guns and Range in Kennesaw, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/7/pf-media/Guntown_07.jpgGuntown_07Almost every other weekend, there seems to be a gun show somewhere in Georgia. This one located just outside Kennesaw in the neighboring town of Marietta, a woman and her daughter pass by a table of handguns. Many of the guns are targeting women, including these two hot pink pistols. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/8/pf-media/Guntown_08.jpgGuntown_08Dent "Wildman" Myers, owner of Wildman's Civil War Surplus in Kennesaw, Georgia. Myers calls his store "The Best Little War House in Kennesaw." The store sells everything from confederate flags to KKK daggers https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/9/pf-media/Guntown_09.jpgGuntown_09Dent "Wildman" Myers, owner of Wildman's Civil War Surplus in Kennesaw, Georgia. Myers calls his store "The Best Little War House in Kennesaw." The store sells everything from confederate flags to KKK daggers https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/10/pf-media/Guntown_10.jpgGuntown_10Dent "Wildman" Myers, owner of Wildman's Civil War Surplus in Kennesaw, Georgia. Myers calls his store "The Best Little War House in Kennesaw." The store sells everything from confederate flags to KKK daggers https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/11/pf-media/Guntown_11.jpgGuntown_11A Kennesaw resident wears the confederate flag proudly on his belt. Kennesaw is currently the only place in America where it is compulsory to own a gun. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/12/pf-media/Guntown_12.jpgGuntown_12A T-shirt promoting the 1982 ordinance requiring households to own at least one firearm with ammunition hangs at Wildman's Civil War Surplus in Kennesaw, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/13/pf-media/Guntown_13.jpgGuntown_13An adult guides a Young Marine at Nick's Guns and Range in Kennesaw, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/GUNTOWN/14/pf-media/Guntown_14.jpgGuntown_14Danyelle Teets gets ready to shoot her 9mm Sig225 pistol inside Nick's Guns and Range, where she currently is working until she finds a full time teaching position. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/1/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_001.jpgADHD_NYT_001A big meal takes a toll on Quintn, 11, as the night draws to a close at Stevi B's pizza buffet in Woodstock, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/2/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_004.jpgADHD_NYT_004Amanda Rocafort, 28, holds her 11 year old son Quintn outside a pizza restaurant in Woodstock, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/3/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_005.jpgADHD_NYT_005Quintn, 11, plays while his father, Rocky Rocafort, meets with the managers of a Woodstock, GA car wash where Amanda and Rocky both work. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/4/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_006.jpgADHD_NYT_006Alexis Rocafort, 12, sits in the family car while her dad Rocky runs into Walmart to buy her the Hunger Games DVD in Woodstock, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/5/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_007.jpgADHD_NYT_007Amanda Rocafort, 28, helps her children, Perry, 11, and Alexis, 12, with their homework while waiting for their father Rocky to finish a business meeting in Woodstock, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/6/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_008.jpgADHD_NYT_008Sibling Rivalry. Perry, 11, and Ethan, 10, scuffle in the backseat of their parents car. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/7/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_009.jpgADHD_NYT_009Alexis Rocafort, 12, and her younger brother Perry, 11, play near a car wash in Woodstock, Ga. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/8/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_010.jpgADHD_NYT_010Alexis Rocafort, 12, at an arcade in Canton, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/9/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_012.jpgADHD_NYT_012The family's medication sits on the kitchen counter of the Rocafort home in Ball Ground, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/ADHD/10/pf-media/ADHD_NYT_013.jpgADHD_NYT_013Quintn, 11, heads upstairs to bed after saying good night to his parents at their home in Ball Ground, GA.. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/1/pf-media/Cancer_01.jpgCancer_01 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/2/pf-media/Cancer_02.jpgCancer_02 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/3/pf-media/Cancer_03.jpgCancer_03 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/4/pf-media/Cancer_04.jpgCancer_04 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/5/pf-media/Cancer_05.jpgCancer_05 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/6/pf-media/Cancer_06.jpgCancer_06 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/7/pf-media/Cancer_07.jpgCancer_07 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/8/pf-media/Cancer_08.jpgCancer_08 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/9/pf-media/Cancer_09.jpgCancer_09 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/10/pf-media/Cancer_10.jpgCancer_10 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/11/pf-media/Cancer_11.jpgCancer_11 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/12/pf-media/Cancer_12.jpgCancer_12 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/13/pf-media/Cancer_13.jpgCancer_13 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/14/pf-media/Cancer_14.jpgCancer_14 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/15/pf-media/Cancer_15.jpgCancer_15 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/CANCER-AT-THE-CDC/16/pf-media/Cancer_16.jpgCancer_16 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/1/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_09.jpgTransBodybuilding_09Shawn Stinson working out in an Atlanta gym before the 2nd annual FTM Bodybuilding competition. Shawn won first place in last year's competition. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/2/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_01.jpgTransBodybuilding_01Shawn Stinson backstage at the FTM World Fitness Competition in Atlanta. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/3/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_02.jpgTransBodybuilding_02Preston Martin, 29, from New Jersey https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/4/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_03.jpgTransBodybuilding_03Shawn Stinson backstage at the FTM World Fitness Competition in Atlanta. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/5/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_04.jpgTransBodybuilding_04Competitors pose for the judges on stage during the FTM World Fitness Competition https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/6/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_05.jpgTransBodybuilding_05Backstage at the FTM World Fitness Competition in Atlanta. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/7/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_06.jpgTransBodybuilding_06Dominic Cilko backstage at the FTM World Fitness Competition in Atlanta. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/8/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_07.jpgTransBodybuilding_07Men compete in a trans bodybuilding competition in Atlanta. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/9/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_08.jpgTransBodybuilding_08Shawn Stinson wins first place for the secon year in a row at the FTM World Fitness Competition in Atlanta. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/TRANS-BODYBUILDING/10/pf-media/TransBodybuilding_10.jpgTransBodybuilding_10Shawn Stinson working out in an Atlanta gym before the 2nd annual FTM Bodybuilding competition. Shawn won first place in last year's competition. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/1/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_026.jpgMeltz_Haiti_026 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/2/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_029.jpgMeltz_Haiti_029Run. Ali Francois, 11, lives in the rural village of Los Palis, located about 70 km northeast of Port au Prince. There are few free schools in Haiti, and most families canât afford tuition, let alone pay for required uniforms and books. March, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/3/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_019.jpgMeltz_Haiti_019 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/4/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_003.jpgMeltz_Haiti_003New Landscape. A young girl balances while walking across piles of rubble in Carrefour, the epicenter of the earthquake that left more than 25 million cubic yards of rubble â only five per cent of which has been cleared. May, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/5/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_008.jpgMeltz_Haiti_008A young boy flies a kite made from a husk and paper plate. Cite Soleil, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/6/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_004.jpgMeltz_Haiti_004 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/7/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_020.jpgMeltz_Haiti_020 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/8/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_005.jpgMeltz_Haiti_005Needle and Thread. An elderly woman threads a needle after being fitted with new eyeglasses at a temporary clinic set up in an empty school in the small and remote village of Los Palis, located in the vast region of the Central Plateau. March, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/9/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_002.jpgMeltz_Haiti_002Turned Away. People are turned away outside the gates to a medical clinic in the remote village of Los Palmas, located in the rural countryside of Central Haiti. This area, with resources already spread so thin, was now faced with the new burden of the sudden influx of thousands of people fleeing Port au Prince, a huge strain on the already broken health care system. March, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/10/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_006.jpgMeltz_Haiti_006Outdoor waiting room for a health clinic in rural Haiti. Los Palis, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/11/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_007.jpgMeltz_Haiti_007Bedtime. Children get ready to bed at an orphanage in Port au Prince, where many of the kids were special needs children no one wanted or could care for. Often times both parents were still alive, but could not take care of the children so they surrendered them. May, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/12/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_010.jpgMeltz_Haiti_010 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/13/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_011.jpgMeltz_Haiti_0118 month old Naciste weighed 5lbs when she arrived at a temporary health clinic in the Central Plateau. Doctors spent nearly an hour trying to find a vein to give her fluids intravenously, but were unsuccessful because of her severe dehydration. She cried, but no tears came out. Los Palmas, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/14/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_012.jpgMeltz_Haiti_012 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/15/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_013.jpgMeltz_Haiti_013 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/16/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_014.jpgMeltz_Haiti_014 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/17/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_016.jpgMeltz_Haiti_016Grandmother and child. Abandoned by her parents who fled to neighboring Dominican Republic after the earthquake, a 2 year old girl is brought to a health clinic by her grandmother. She weighs only 8 pounds. The grandmother says she is too poor to provide for the child, and is only able to feed her goats milk. March, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/18/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_018.jpgMeltz_Haiti_018Prime Ministerâs Lawn. A woman leads me to her daughter who days before gave birth to a baby girl named Patricia inside their tent with no medical care. 2,000 people are living in this tent city, located on the front lawn of the Prime Ministerâs former residence, while the nearly 1.5 million other homeless have sought refuge in empty lots, playgrounds, schools, soccer fields, parks, a car dealership, and Haiti's only golf course. May, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/19/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_025.jpgMeltz_Haiti_025Water. A woman carries water near one of the massive camps providing temporary housing for over one million people made homeless by the Jan.12 earthquake. In the weeks following the earthquake, widespread riots for water or were predicted. Neither has there been, to date, a major outbreak of water-borne disease. May, 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/20/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_028.jpgMeltz_Haiti_028The Goats of Cité Soleil Wealth in Haiti is often measured in pigs and goats. Goats can thrive on just about anything -- even grass and leaves on the poor, dry land in rural Haiti -- so there is little cost for their upkeep. Goats mean food. Income for medical expenses. Often, a single goat can pay for a year of school tuition. May, 2010 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/21/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_021.jpgMeltz_Haiti_021 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/22/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_023.jpgMeltz_Haiti_023 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/HAITI/23/pf-media/Meltz_Haiti_001.jpgMeltz_Haiti_001 https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/thumbs https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/1 https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/2/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-DUO.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-DUO https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/3/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-10.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-10Agan. 2006. Clarkston, Georgia.Agan and his family are from Sudan and also live at the Willow Branch apartment complex in Clarkston, Georgia where Arbai and her family were resettled. It is estimated that 1 in 3 Clarkston residents are immigrants and over 60 languages are spoken in this small town outside Atlanta https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/4/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-04.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-04Maynun and Said. 2006. Clarkston, Georgia.Maynun and Said were born in a refugee camp in Kenya. They arrived in the US with their mother and two older sisters in 2004. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/5/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-06.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-06Somali Family. 2006. Clarkston, Georgia. In my first visits of 2006, neighbors, friends, and children from the apartment complex began lining up for portraits. Almost none of them had family photos and for many it was the first time they had their pictures taken. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/6/pf-media/45_Resettled_15.jpg45_Resettled_15Rahma, 2011. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/7/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-11.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-11Khadija Dayib, 2008. Clarkston, Georgia. Khadija Dayib was one of nearly 13,000 Somali Bantu refugees that were resettled across the United States beginning in 2004. Khadija lives in Clarkston, a small town outside Atlanta that has the highest percentage of people reporting Somali ancestry than any other American city. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/8/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-05.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-05Said, 2006. Clarkston, Georgia. Said is Arbai's only son, and despite arriving in the US at a young age, has struggled to make it through high school. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/9/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-09.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-09Rahma and Saida, 2012. Decatur, GA. In 2010, Arbai and her growing family were able to relocate to public housing in the city of Decatur, which has a far better school system. Saida and Rahma were born just 13 months apart. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/10/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-02.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-02Maynun, Saida, and Jelani. 2009. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/11/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-07.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-07Saida, 2009. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/12/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-08.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-08Maynun, Rahma, Saida, 2008. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/13/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-20.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-20Arbai, Rahma, and Maynun. 2017. Decatur, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/14/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-12.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-12Arbai, 2007. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/15/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-13.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-13Maynun, 2010. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/16/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-14.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-14Saida, 2009. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/17/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-15.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-15Saida, 2010. Decatur, GA. Saidaâs mother, Arbai, was resettled to Georgia in 2004 after spending nearly 13 years in a refugee camp in Kenya. Saida was born in 2006 and is the first member of Arbaiâs family to be born in the US. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/18/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-16.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-16Said, Rahma, and Saida. 2009. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/19/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-17.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-17Maynun, Rahma, Saida, 2011. Decatur, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/20/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-18.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-18Maynun, 2009. Clarkston, Georgia.Maynun was the youngest of Arbai's children when her family moved to the US, which made her assimilation into the school system a bit easier than her older siblings. Maynun is the first of the family to go to college and will be attending Columbus State University in Georgia in the fall of 2018 on a scholarship. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-4x5-Polaroids/21/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Resettled-19.jpgBryanMeltz-Resettled-19Sisters Kaltuma, Rahma, Saida, Esha and Medina. 2017, Decatur, Georgia. Pictured are Arbai's three youngest daughters, Rahma, Saida and Medina, along with her two grandaughters Esha and Kaltuma, both born to ARbai's oldest daughter Khadija. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/thumbs https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/1/pf-media/Resettled_03.jpgResettled_03 https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/2/pf-media/BryanMeltz_Resettled_WorkshopPitch_004.jpgBryanMeltz_Resettled_WorkshopPitch_004 https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/3/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-08.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-08Job Training. 2005. Atlanta, GA. Arbai Abdi was part of a massive resettlement effort that began in 2003 when 12,000 Somali Bantu refugees were relocated throughout the United States. In 2004, after spending 13 years in a refugee camp in Kenya, Arbai and her four children were resettled in Clarkston, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/4/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-03.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-03Maynun, 2011. Decatur, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/5/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-15.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-15Arbai at home in Clarkston, GA. 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/6/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-04.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-04Arbai and her daughters, 2011. Decatur, GA https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/7/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-02.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-02Rahma. Decatur, GA 2011. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/8/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-06.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-06Arbai and her daughters. Clarkston, GA. 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/9/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-12.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-12Maynun with her nephew Abdulahey. 2011. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/10/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-07.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-07Maynun, 2008. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/11/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-09.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-09Arbai and her family at home. 2010. Decatur, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/12/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-10.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-10Maynun holds her nephew Ahmed. Decatur, GA 2010. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/13/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-13.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-13Arbai and Maynun walking to the grocery store. Clarkston, GA. 2008. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/14/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-14.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-14Maynun and Rahma at a horse farm. 2009. Atlanta, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/15/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-11.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-11Somali Wedding. 2005. Khadija, Arbai's oldest daughter, was married in a traditional somali bantu wedding in Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/16/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-05.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-05Notebook, 2005. Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/17/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-16.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-16Ahmad,4, kisses his father Jamal's cheek inside their apartment in Clarkston, GA. 2016. Jamal and his family were one of the few Syrian refugee families granted resettlement in 2016. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/18/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-18.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-18Ahmad, 4, plays inside his mother's hijab while she prepares dinner for the family. he family is originally from Syria and now living in Clarkston, GA. 2016. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/19/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-19.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-19Nadema, her son Ahmad,4, and Mohamad, 11, wait for the oldest daughter Aya, 13, to arrive home on the school bus. he family is originally from Syria and now living in Clarkston, GA. 2016. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/20/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-17.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-17Jamal, Nadema, and their children walk through a supermarket in Clarkston, Georgia. 2016. The family is originally from Syria and now living in Clarkston, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/21/pf-media/BryanMeltz-Grant-20.jpgBryanMeltz-Grant-20Aya, 13, sits on her bed with her younger sister Rayan, 7, at their apartment in Clarkston. Their family, originally from Syria, was one of the few refugee families resettled to GA in 2016. https://bryanmeltz.com/PERSONAL-WORK/RESETTLED-:-Life-in-America/22/pf-media/ShivaMapchan.jpgShivaMapchan https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Senior-Hockey-for-NYT/1/pf-media/digital-tear2copy.jpgdigital-tear2copyFrom a recent assignment for The New York Times about a senior hockey tournament in Santa Rosa, CA. 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Niess, founder of North American Press, operates the only Sonoma Coast winery focused solely on native American and hybrid varieties. Photographed for the New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/7/pf-media/20250911-F001.jpg20250911-F001September 11, 2025. Healdsburg, California. At Triple Z Ranch in Dry Creek Valley AVA, over 30 hybrid varieties intermingle with Cabernet Sauvignon in a field blend that may offer a glimpse into Californiaâs viticultural history. This experimental block explores how disease-resistant hybrid grapes perform alongside traditional varieties with minimal inputs. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/8/pf-media/20250911-F007.jpg20250911-F007September 11, 2025. Sebastopol, California. Matt Niess harvests the Baco Noir Vineyard: Planted in the 1960s, these vines thrive on a fog-swept Sebastopol hillside in the Russian River Valley without sprays or irrigation. Naturally resistant to mildew, the hybrid flourishes where European varieties would falter without fungicides. Photographs by Bryan Meltz for the New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/9/pf-media/20250911-F018.jpg20250911-F018Matt Niess, the owner and winemaker of North American Press, farms hybrid and native grapes in various regions across California. Photographs by Bryan Meltz for the New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/10/pf-media/B-20231013-IMGL2474.jpgB-20231013-IMGL2474Artist Jerry Long https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/11/pf-media/20231012-IMGL1594.jpg20231012-IMGL1594Artist Jerry Long photographed in Fillmore, California on the set of a short film scored by Jerry’s latest music and directed by Emmett Malloy. Jerry, formally known as Hodgy, was a founding member of Odd Future, and just released his newest EP, lovemesooner. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/12/pf-media/JerryonFilm1A.jpgJerryonFilm1AJerry Long photographed in Fillmore, California on the set of a short film scored by Jerry’s latest music and directed by Emmett Malloy. Jerry, formally known as Hodgy, was a founding member of Odd Future, and just released his newest EP, lovemesooner. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/13/pf-media/20241009-F035_1.jpg20241009-F035_1Writer Iris Jamahl Dunkle photographed at her home in Sebastopol, California for The New York Times. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/14/pf-media/07232024_BryanMeltz_002.jpg07232024_BryanMeltz_002Francis Ford Coppola photographed in San Francisco, 2024 for Cahiers Du Cinema Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/15/pf-media/07232024_BryanMeltz_009.jpg07232024_BryanMeltz_009Francis Ford Coppola photographed in San Francisco, 2024 for Cahiers Du Cinema Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/16/pf-media/07232024_BryanMeltz_005.jpg07232024_BryanMeltz_005Francis Ford Coppola photographed in San Francisco, 2024 for Cahiers Du Cinema Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/17/pf-media/Meltz_Crenn_001.jpgMeltz_Crenn_001Dominique Crenn photographed at Bar Crenn in San Francisco, CA for the Sous-Vide Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/18/pf-media/Singles_02.jpgSingles_02Chef Alton Brown photographed at his home outside Atlanta, GA for The New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/19/pf-media/BM-09092022-F116.jpgBM-09092022-F116Angela Jemmott photographed for an article on long term care insurance for The New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/20/pf-media/Landing_001.jpgLanding_001Trey Kirby photographed for GQ in Atlanta, GA https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/21/pf-media/BigBoi_002.jpgBigBoi_002Big Boi photographed at Stankonia Studios in Atlanta, Georgia working on his new album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/22/pf-media/BryanMeltz_BigBoi_RollingStone2.jpgBryanMeltz_BigBoi_RollingStone2Big Boi photographed in the studio in Atlanta, GA for Rolling Stone Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/23/pf-media/05012023-F115.jpg05012023-F115 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/24/pf-media/05012023-F156.jpg05012023-F156 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/25/pf-media/Jul252024_0100.jpgJul252024_0100 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/26/pf-media/20250714-F034.jpg20250714-F034 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/27/pf-media/Singles_30.jpgSingles_30Cheech and Chong photographed at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia for Rolling Stone Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/28/pf-media/Singles_24.jpgSingles_24Artist Fahamu Pecou at his studio in Atlanta, Georgia. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/29/pf-media/B-20231013-IMGL2299.jpgB-20231013-IMGL2299 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/30/pf-media/Singles_10.jpgSingles_10John Jackson, the former mayor of White Hall, Alabama, has become an outspoken advocate on the plumbing problems that have plagued small towns across Alabama's Black Belt. White Hall is in Lowndes County, where less than 20 percent of the population is on a city sewer line, leaving the majority of residents with the burden of paying for and installing their own For the New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/31/pf-media/04032023-F046.jpg04032023-F046 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/32/pf-media/04032023-F376.jpg04032023-F376 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/33/pf-media/BMeltz_JWalton_f002.jpgBMeltz_JWalton_f002Actor and Boxer Javon "Wanna" Walton photographed outside Atlanta, Georgia for Men's Health Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/34/pf-media/WhiteOak_08.jpgWhiteOak_08Dan Coady, in charge of the chicken operation at White Oak Pastures, stands on the grounds of the chicken pastures. Photographed for Audubon Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/35/pf-media/WhiteOak_11.jpgWhiteOak_11Dan Coady, in charge of the chicken operation at White Oak Pastures, walks the farm at dusk to pick up the remnants of the chickens torn apart by the eagles. Commissioned by Audobon Magazine for a story about how an organic farm in South Georgia has become a feeding ground for bald eagles.` Photographed for Audubon Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/36/pf-media/Working_07.jpgWorking_07Ernesto Escobar, at Georgia Tech's Invention Studio. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/37/pf-media/Singles_10.jpgSingles_10John Jackson, the former mayor of White Hall, Alabama, has become an outspoken advocate on the plumbing problems that have plagued small towns across Alabama's Black Belt. White Hall is in Lowndes County, where less than 20 percent of the population is on a city sewer line, leaving the majority of residents with the burden of paying for and installing their own For the New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/38/pf-media/Singles_11.jpgSingles_11 Dorothy Rudolph stands in front of her home in Tyler, Alabama. Ms. Rudolph is one of many residents in this small town southwest of Montgomery, who cannot afford a septic tank and instead runs a small plastic pipe from her toilet under her yard and into the woods behind her house. For the New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/39/pf-media/Singles_13.jpgSingles_13Cheryl Ball in her trailer home in Tyler, Alabama. Ms. Ball is unable to afford a septic tank and has no other option but to run a plastic pipe that empties waste behind her property. These plumbing problems are rampant across Alabama's Black Belt, a section of the state that includes some of the poorest counties in the country. Shot for the New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/40/pf-media/Singles_20.jpgSingles_20Elbert Eugene Shinholster in front of his store, Shinholster’s Grocery and Meat Market, in Irwinton, Georgia. Photographed for The New York Times. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/41/pf-media/Singles_21.jpgSingles_21“They make a bigger deal of people trying to sell $200 worth of food stamps than they do over a banker who steals $10 million,” he said. “You come out here and look around and then tell me you’re going to sweat someone for that. People here got nothing.” Mr. Shinholster, 77, is serving a three-year sentence in federal prison for swiping customers' electronic benefits cards in exchange for cash. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/42/pf-media/Singles_23.jpgSingles_23 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/43/pf-media/Singles_38.jpgSingles_38Ty'Sheoma Bethea, 19, visits with friends and family at her mother's apartment in Atlanta, GA in 2014 for Al Jazeera America. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/44/pf-media/Singles_39.jpgSingles_39“We just want to have a chance at a decent education,” wrote a 14 year old Ty'Sheoma Bethea in 2009 in a letter sent to Congress asking for help with her failing school district. That same year, Bethea and her mother were invited to the White House and sat with the First Lady during the president’s first address to Congress. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/45/pf-media/Singles_05.jpgSingles_05 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/46/pf-media/Singles_19.jpgSingles_19Carlton Mackey, artist and activist, photographed in Atlanta, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/47/pf-media/02012020-F184.jpg02012020-F184Aria Alpert photographed at Noci in Healdsburg, California. 2020. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/48/pf-media/02012020-F084.jpg02012020-F084Aria Alpert photographed at Noci in Healdsburg, California. 2020. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/49/pf-media/0111601-18BM-F007.jpg0111601-18BM-F007Sara Mason-Silva suffers from a condition in which blood vessels become blocked and inflamed, causing intense, chronic burning pain in her hands and feet. Doctors have not been able to identify the underlying cause of the disease and there is no cure. Photographed November, 2018 for The New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/50/pf-media/BAMA_03.jpgBAMA_03Brothers Bryant, Paul and William Lambert photographed at the Bear Bryant Namesake Reunion, an event held annually to recognize people named for the legendary coach of Alabama's football team. Photographed for The New York Times. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/51/pf-media/WhiteOak_01.jpgWhiteOak_01Will Harris, owner of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia for Audubon Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/52/pf-media/Singles_03.jpgSingles_03Richard Thomas, owner of R Thomas Deluxe Grill sits outside his Atlanta restaurant which is known for it's eccentric artwork, rare birds, and for vegetarian cuisine. Photographed for The New York Times https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/53/pf-media/Singles_27.jpgSingles_27Dallas Austin photographed in his Atlanta home. Photograph by Bryan Meltz. Originally commissioned by The Financial Times Weekend. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/54/pf-media/BMeltz_BowWow_F002.jpgBMeltz_BowWow_F002Bow Wow in Atlanta for XXL Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/55/pf-media/BryanMeltz_Blakjak_1.jpgBryanMeltz_Blakjak_1Blakjak for Vibe Magazine https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/56/pf-media/Singles_29.jpgSingles_29 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/57/pf-media/Singles_32.jpgSingles_32Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo photographed at Bankhead's Bowen Homes for XXL Magazine. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/58/pf-media/Singles_34.jpgSingles_34 https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/59/pf-media/Singles_41.jpgSingles_41Mark Smith, a systems engineer at the Network Operations Center at the Lexis Nexis headquarters in Alpharetta, GA. https://bryanmeltz.com/PORTRAITS/60/pf-media/Singles_43.jpgSingles_43Ernesto Escobar, at Georgia Tech's Invention Studio. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/thumbs https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/1 https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/2/pf-media/42_08012024-F762_WEB.jpg42_08012024-F762_WEB https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/3/pf-media/01x07312024-F089-3copy_WEB.jpg01x07312024-F089-3copy_WEBGretchen photographed outside 7-11 with her dogs Tinkerbell and Cleaver in downtown San Jose. She had been living in an encampment along the Guadalupe RIver but left when her boyfriend became abusive. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/4/pf-media/37_07272024-F1265_WEB.jpg37_07272024-F1265_WEBBatman of San Jose talks with a man he found sleeping under a tree near the Guadalupe River. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/5/pf-media/14_07272024-F1948_WEB.jpg14_07272024-F1948_WEBBatman of San Jose talks with a man named Jacob who lives in the homeless encampments along the Guadalupe River. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/6/pf-media/44_07272024-F2272_WEB.jpg44_07272024-F2272_WEBBatman of San Jose, Crimson Fist, and volunteer Des make their way back to their cars after delivering aid and supplies to homeless people living along the Guadalupe River. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/7/pf-media/36_07272024-F1389_WEB.jpg36_07272024-F1389_WEBBatman of San Jose finds that wearing the costume - a favorite character of his growing up - disarms people enough to have that initial conversation and reinforces that he is there to help. He hopes that the attention his costume brings will shed more light on the issue of homelessness and inspire others to act and help out within their own communities. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/8/pf-media/31_07272024-F2188_WEB.jpg31_07272024-F2188_WEBBatman of San Jose hands a trash bag full of blankets and other supplies to a man he found living in a makeshift shelter along the Guadalupe River where dozens of homeless encampments have emerged over the years. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/9/pf-media/10_07302024-F0054_WEB.jpg10_07302024-F0054_WEBCrimson Fist photographed in a parking garage new San Pedro Square in downtwon San Jose CA before he and Batman of San Jose head out to deliver supplies to the homeless. He is part of the BASH bay area superheroes group that dresses as superheroes and deliver aid to those in need. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/10/pf-media/02_08012024-F491_WEB.jpg02_08012024-F491_WEBBatman and Crimson Fist both prefer to remain anonymous, using their costumes as a tool to disarm people and reassure them that they are there to help. They regularly walk the streets of San Jose offering food, water, blankets and have become familiar faces to the unhoused population. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/11/pf-media/19_07302024-F0288_WEB.jpg19_07302024-F0288_WEB https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/12/pf-media/29_07272024-F1808_WEB.jpg29_07272024-F1808_WEBCrimson Fist sorts through piles of trash looking for needles or other potentially dangerous items left near the homeless encampments along Guadalupe River https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/13/pf-media/30_08012024-F429_WEB.jpg30_08012024-F429_WEB https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/14/pf-media/38_08012024-F466_WEB.jpg38_08012024-F466_WEBBatman of San Jose walks through the storm drain tunnels under the city looking for people in need of food, water, or other supplies. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/15/pf-media/04_07272024-F0816_WEB.jpg04_07272024-F0816_WEBBatman, who wants to remain anonymous to the public , is 23 years old and a recent graduate from Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Industrial Design. He uses those skills to customize his Batman costume. https://bryanmeltz.com/STORIES/Batman-of-San-Jose/16/pf-media/33_08012024-F764_WEB.jpg33_08012024-F764_WEBBatman of San Jose in the elevator of the parking garage after a long day.