Mr. Walker (background) and Mr. Rodriguez are seeing each other for the first time this year at the local bodega on GateMr. Walker (background) and Mr. Rodriguez are seeing each other for the first time this year at the local bodega on Gates Avenue. Mr. Walker is a retired porter from Cuba, and Mr. Rodriguez is a retired factory worker from Puerto Rico. Bedford-Stuyvesant, spring 2013s Avenue.

Michael Young poses for a portrait on Lexington Avenue right before he enters church for Sunday school. Bedford-Stuyvesant, fall 2011.

Uwalia Muahgedo is a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Uwa is from the Edo tribe in Nigeria. She often incorporates her country's fashion in her style. Theankara(skirt) is from her tribe. Bedford-Stuyvesant, winter 2013.

Mr. and Mrs. Pritchett met at Morgan State University in Maryland and lived in Bedford-Stuyvesant for more than 40 years. Mr. Pritchett was a teacher, and Mrs. Pritchett was a parole officer. Mr. Pritchett died in 2012, and this was their last picture together. Bedford-Stuyvesant, winter 2010.

Palm Sunday at Janes United Methodist Church on Malcolm X Boulevard. Bedford-Stuyvesant, spring 2004.

Ian Robinson, a communications engineer originally from Trinidad and Tobago, takes a cigar break after shoveling some snow in front of his house. Bedford-Stuyvesant, winter 2013.

 Mr. Walker is a retired porter from Cuba, and Mr. Rodriguez is a retired factory worker from Puerto Rico. Bedford-Stuyve
sant, spring 2013