Portraits of Flint

These images are part of a broader portrait project on residents of Flint, Michigan. Flint is a hard place. Over 100,000 people - half the population - has left the city in the last 30 years. 40% of the residents live below the poverty line and the city had the highest per capita murder rate in the Nation 6 years in row. The contaminated water crisis that began in 2014 has only added to the city's woes. As of Jan 2017 residents of Flint have gone over 1000 days without clean drinking water.