The following gallery showcases a collection of images that can stand alone. These vary from portraits, to features, to news and sports photographs. All of them were taken for one of my three photojournalism classes at the University of Georgia.
Kelbourne Codling, “Kelly,” 70, owner of Kelly’s Authentic Jamaican Food, from Trelawny, Jamaica, poses for a portrait inside his restaurant in Athens, Georgia, on Monday, November 7, 2017. Codling has been in Athens, Georgia, 18 years, where he first opened Kelly’s Authentic Jamaican Food—the restaurant was first located on Milledge Avenue until an apartment complex took over. For the past ten years, the restaurant has been located on South Lumpkin Street; Kelly also opened a second location five years ago on Epps Bridge Road. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Abraham Tesser, 76, a furniture designer and maker, from Brooklyn, New York, works in his home studio in Athens, Georgia, on Monday, November 27, 2017. He sharpens a tool called a gouge so that he can then use it to work on a piece of wood for a project. Tesser sells some of his work, gives some of his work away and keeps some of his work because he says, “you work on it for a long time, and its hard to let it go—it becomes like a baby.” (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
North Oconee High School varsity fastpitch softball pitcher Ashley Clark (44) pitches the ball during the game against Jefferson High School at North Oconee High School in Bogart, Georgia, on Thursday, September 14, 2017. She remained the pitcher for the Titans throughout the entirety of the game Thursday. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Mitch Hogan, 21, a finance major from Snellville, Georgia, passes out approximately 150 eclipse glasses to students during the eclipse viewing party in Sanford Stadium at The University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, on Monday, August 21, 2017. The University of Georgia hosted the Eclipse Blackout 2017 viewing event in Sanford Stadium where students gathered in masses to watch history unfold. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Joan Wheat, 77, owner of Secret Garden, from Boston, Massachusetts, poses for a portrait inside her business in McDonough, Georgia, on Friday, April 6, 2018. Wheat has been in business for 21 years and located on the historic McDonough square for 18 of those years. She says it’s the people that keep her coming back. “I’ve thought about retiring for 10 years now,” she says. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Abraham Tesser, 76, a furniture designer and maker, from Brooklyn, New York, works in his home studio in Athens, Georgia, on Monday, November 27, 2017. He uses a tool called a draw knife to grossly shape the board by hand. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Nancy Threlkeld (left), 66, retired, from Asheville, North Carolina, and Mark Threlkeld (right), 68, retired, from Asheville, North Carolina, look at their phones while sitting outside of their camper on Saturday, March 24, 2018, at the North Shore Landing in Greene County, Georgia. The couple enjoys camping, boating, biking and staying together at state parks and campsites. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Nancy Threlkeld (left), 66, retired, from Asheville, North Carolina, and Mark Threlkeld (right), 68, retired, from Asheville, North Carolina, look at their phones while sitting outside of their camper on Saturday, March 24, 2018, at the North Shore Landing in Greene County, Georgia. The couple enjoys camping, boating, biking and staying together at state parks and campsites. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Luke Bledsoe, 10, fourth grader, from Jackson, Georgia, fishes at the North Shore Landing in Greene County, Georgia, on Saturday, March, 24, 2018. Bledsoe was on a boyscout camping trip with his brother and dad, and he was doing morning fishing with his family. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Charles Osborn, 68, a cattle farmer, from Watkinsville, Georgia, poses for a portrait on his cattle farm in Watkinsville, Georgia, on Friday, September 1, 2017. Osborn has been farming since 1972 when he bought his first calf, and although he is slowing down, Osborn still tends to 251 female cows and 19 bulls. “I’m never going to retire. Everyone I know who retired is dead,” he says. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Jill Gambill, 41, left, a parent of a special needs child, from Carmel, Indiana, and Pam Wally, 55, right, a parent mentor, from Madison County, Georgia, attend a Rally for Callie in Athens, Georgia, on Monday, September 25, 2017. Gambill organized the rally for the disabled community and their allies to protest against the Graham-Cassidy Bill underneath the University of Georgia Arch; Wally is the mother of the Callie Moore—the face of the rally. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Lauren Laughy, 29, a resident of Watkinsville, Georgia, enjoys a drink in “Normaltown” on a Friday night, September 22, 2017, in Athens, Georgia. Normaltown is a specific neighborhood in Athens, Georgia. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
From left: Taryn Arbeiter, 27, a junior law school student, from Rapid City, South Dakota, Courtney Bryant, 20, a sophomore psychology student, from Greenesboro, North Carolina, Anne Compton, 19, a sophomore public relations student, from Birmingham, Alabama, and Nancy Felton, 75, a retired classics professor, from Athens, Georgia, work inside Condor Chocolates in Athens, Georgia, on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. Condor Chocolates is a chocolate factory and a bean-to-bar cafe located in the Five Points neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, where customers can work and simultaneously watch the chocolate making process. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 47, from Atlanta, Georgia, greets guests at her results party after giving a speech to her supporters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, November, 7, 2017. Bottoms ran against Mary Norwood in the race for Atlanta mayor and was announced victorious in a runoff. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
A vendor pours a guest a glass a wine at the Lake Oconee Food and Wine Festival in Greene County Georgia, on Saturday, March 24, 2018. The festival raises money to support the community. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks)
Mason Miller, 39, a farmer and grillmaster for “Kelly’s” Authentic Jamaican Food, from Athens, Georgia, checks on the chicken smoking outside of Kelly’s in Athens, Georgia, on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Miller primarily works as a farmer, but he is a part time employee of Kelly’s where he helps the owner prepare authentic Jamaican food using a smoker behind the restaurant; it is not uncommon for customers to see cooks out back or smoke coming from the grill. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
The Jefferson High School varsity fastpitch softball team celebrates as one of their teammates scores a homerun during the game against North Oconee High School at North Oconee High School in Bogart, Georgia, on Thursday, September 14, 2017. The team beat the North Oconee High School varsity fastpitch softball team in a region playoff game for the second time this season. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
William Ham, 21, a management information systems and music business student from Macon, Georgia, left, and Cole Gibbon, 22, a computer science student from Marietta, Georgia, talk with one another while simultaneously watching the sunset from their rooftop in Athens, Georgia, on Monday, April 10, 2017. According to Gibbon, watching the sunset is “a chance to chat, chill and see Athens in all of its natural beauty.” (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Paul J. Gaffney, 60, chef and owner of PJ’s Cafe, from East Hampton, Massachusetts, poses for a portrait inside his restaurant in McDonough, Georgia on Friday, April 6, 2018. Gaffney has been in business 14 years, since he opened on the historic McDonough square. “We’ve got fantastic people in this area. They’re very warm, friendly and loyal. We’ve had customers—the same ones—since day one,” he says. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Joanne Stickley (left), 60, flight attendant, from Knoxville, Tennessee, and Gary Grimack (right), 61, teacher, from Knoxville, Tennessee, relax in a hammock and enjoy glasses of wine on Saturday, March 24, 2018 in Greene County, Georgia. They came to the Lake Oconee Food and Wine Festival for Stickley’s brother’s birthday, and they saw the hammock and decided “to take advantage of it.” (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
A house is pictured in Greene County, Georgia on Saturday March 24, 2018. This phooto was taken as part of the 13th annual Woodall Weekend Workshop. (Photo/Marlee A. Middlebrooks, mam94237@uga.edu)
Marlee Middlebrooks 