Special Projects

  • Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand

    With the Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand, I’m developing a long-term photo project on land reclamation and agroecology, centering the stories of women leaders who are turning sites of extraction into living landscapes of care.

  • A man with long hair, a beard, and a colorful headscarf, smiling and holding up a string of brown seaweed outdoors with snow-capped mountains and a lake in the background.

    Indigenous-led Kelp Farming

    After protecting 250 square miles of his ancestral lands, Dune Lankard (Eyak) sets out to help launch thousands of Indigenous-led Kelp Farms.

  • A young woman in a greenhouse holding a shovel.

    Guns to Shovels Ceremony | Lead to Life | Oakland, CA

    Lead to Life is a trans-local collective led by black-diasporic and queer artists, healers & ecologists devoted to embodying Mark Anthony Johnson’s prayer that “Black wellness is the antithesis of state violence.”

  • An older man with gray hair and a beard wearing a red hat holds a young child dressed in a bear-themed costume, against a yellow background with decorative black designs.

    The New Medina, Sousse, Tunisia

    My photography residency in Sousse with The New Medina was an exploration in non-extractive storytelling through photography, particularly travel photography.

  • Tara Houska Portrait

    Bringing Our Voices Together

    The Bringing Our Voices Together summit brought together an inter-generational group of Indigenous leaders, many of whom are leading the fight against extractive industries in their communities across North America.