Stephanie Keith

06/17/2024

https://www.bkmag.com/2024/06/17/scenes-from-the-lay-outs-fifth-annual-juneteenth-celebration-in-fort-greene-park/
Here’s the story I pitched, wrote and photographed about this amazing Juneteenth party in Fort Greene Park.

‘Our ancestors would be so proud,’ said one attendee, echoing the sentiments of many.

04/14/2023

Trump departs from Trump Tower on Friday April 14, 2023

04/10/2023

Easter Bonnet Parade nyc

02/18/2023

Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at federal court in NYC - on assignment for Bloomberg

08/21/2022

The Road to Oiapoque- We set out at night from Macapa- the southern capitol of Amapa - the northern most state of Brazil. Our destination was Oiapoque the northern most city on the river that borders French Guiana. The route is 360 miles and by distance it would be a 6 hour drive, but it took us 15 hours. You could hardly call it a road, it was more of a slash through the jungle.
As we drove through the night, we were on the edge of our seats watching as the driver in his little VW drove around huge craters and big rocks in the road. At times he had to back up and try to gun it through the mud after we got stuck. After a certain point there was just jungle and our little headlights on the car were the only lights. At about 4am, about 8 hour in, I was thinking to myself that there was no way we were going to make it. Just as the sun was coming up, the car bottomed out on a large rock and broke down, just stopped and the ignition turned over and didn’t start again.
Then we got a lesson in solidarity. There was a pick-up truck in front of us who the driver knew, who stopped when we broke down. He returned to his truck to get some tools. Then another truck stopped to help and then another truck stopped to help. Soon there were 10 men standing around trying to help. Between the three trucks, there were the tools and parts the driver needed. 45 minutes later, the driver turned the ignition and the car started! I really couldn’t believe it. Solidarity on the road!
That road was built in the 1980’s to much opposition from the Indigenous people around Oiapoque who did not want the outside world to have access to their area. But, we were on our way to a gathering of Indigenous leaders. Every year they have this gathering in remote areas in the Amazon Forest. One worker at an NGO told me that he goes every year and last year he had to take a two-day boat ride to the fast boat that took him the rest of the way since there was no road at all.
1. realizing we just broke down
2. another driver helping
3. roadside cantina
4. fruit for sale
5-6. more help
7. the map
8. finally reaching Oiapoque
9. the car that made it through!

07/17/2022

Honoring friend Adam Gray at last night New York Press Photographers Association dinner at the Water Club

03/28/2022

Going on a wild mountain lion capture with the Olympic Cougar Project on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State December 2021. For Reuters

07/04/2021

01/24/2021

On assignment for Getty Images on the National Mall during the Inauguration

04/05/2020

Covering Covid-19 on April 4, 2020

10/27/2019

09/18/2019

I got an opportunity last week thanks to Getty Images to travel to Adams County one of the most economically distressed counties in Ohio and document the town of Manchester, Ohio.
I picked this town because just last year both of the coal fired generating plants, one to the north and one to the south of the town were permanently closed.
The plants were the biggest local employer and biggest source of tax revenue. The closures are having a very negative impact on the community and its surroundings.
Everyone I spoke to said that the town has been devastated since the closures. The mayor said, “if you think it’s bad now, just wait another ten years.” The very poor and the older retired people stayed in town while most younger families moved away to find other work.
They did say how the air was much cleaner now. Apparently, this part of Ohio has had some of the highest cancer rates
So interesting for a community to be so dependent on something that is essentially killing them. In this part of Ohio, you can’t live with coal but you can’t live without it.
The only person I met who was still doing well was a man who had worked at the coal plant since 1969 and who is now retired. He had the job that allowed him to have the American Dream but he says his three sons are a lot worse off than him but thankfully he was around to help them.
@ Manchester, Ohio