Melissa Phillip

02/24/2026

08/29/2025

Hurricane Katrina lingers in my soul — unforgettable. We marked ten years, and now twenty years have passed.

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, Houston Chronicle photographers Melissa Phillip and Brett Coomer reflected on documenting the storm’s devastation and resi...

08/11/2025

Sarah Tandu, a cottage baker, is a model of the all-natural, make-it-at-home food movement. She recently won the 2025 Micro Bakery Awards.

11/30/2024

Karen has had a truly remarkable career, marked by exceptional achievements and unwavering dedication. She is a shining example of a seasoned and accomplished professional.

Staff photographer Karen Warren looks back on some of her favorite photographs as a staff photographer at the Houston Chronicle for over 27 years.

12/29/2023

Houston Chronicle photographers delivered riveting visuals again in 2023. From SpaceX rocket blasts to Astros' thrill rides and the struggle of long COVID, explore it here.

04/01/2023

02/02/2022

Police officers are reflected in rain puddles as they arrive for the funeral of Harris County Pct. 5 Constable Corporal Charles Galloway, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in southwest Houston on Jan. 23.

01/19/2022

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The American family farm gives way to a subdivision - a critical cultural shift across the U.S. Common Ground is a 27-year document of this transition, through the Cagwins and the Grabenhofers, two families who love the same plot of land.

08/09/2021

Trisha 'Gigi' Marroquin's moves have made her a celebrity in a medium where most of her cohorts are less than half her age.