Kareem Michel

Kareem Michel Don’t stop creating for yourself. 📸 Kareem L. His passion for capturing the raw and authentic essence of street life brings him immense joy and fulfillment.

Michel, a highly esteemed street photographer based in New York City, embodies the spirit of an all-around adventure enthusiast. While photography is his creative outlet, Kareem also demonstrates remarkable versatility and dedication by working as a diligent Mail Handler at the United States Postal Service during the day. Kareem’s love for photography blossomed during a challenging time in his lif

e. It became a source of solace and an avenue for self-expression, allowing him to perceive the world in a new light, as if through a third eye that reveals hidden beauty and untold stories. Inspired by photographers such as Jared Polin, Joe Greer, Joel Meyerowitz, Jamel Shabazz, Steven John Irby, Vuhlandes, and many others, their work continues to fuel and drive Kareem’s photography. In the summer of 2019, Kareem had the privilege of being an intern photographer under the mentorship of Whitney Hu and Xamayla Rose. Xamayla, a former City Council candidate who currently holds the esteemed position of New York City Deputy Public Advocate in the 45th District, played a pivotal role in Kareem’s growth as a photographer. Whitney, who previously managed Xamayla’s campaign, is a multifaceted individual with diverse roles, including director of civic engagement and research at Churches United for Fair Housing, organizer at South Brooklyn Mutual Aid, publications board chair at Feminist Press, and abolitionist.

05/21/2026

ICEMAN
MAID OF HONOUR
HABIBTI

10/10 - CLASSIC 💎

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05/19/2026

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05/19/2026

PLEASE STOP ASKING ME, "WHEN ARE WE LINKING?"

IT'S ICEMAN SEASON 🧊🧊🧊

05/19/2026

The Moon 😍

When Nobody Gives You a Chance… Create OneHow do you stay grounded when things get loud? When nobody gives you a chance…...
05/02/2026

When Nobody Gives You a Chance… Create One

How do you stay grounded when things get loud? When nobody gives you a chance… how do you keep going after being rejected many times over?

You build your own door.

Because here’s what they don’t tell you — the people who made it weren’t always chosen. They were overlooked, underestimated, told to wait, told to shrink, told to be realistic. And one day, they stopped waiting for permission and started moving anyway.

Being passed over is not the same as being passed up. Those are two very different things.

When nobody gives you a fighting chance, when you’ve been rejected many times over, just know you are not at the end of the road — you are at the beginning of a different one. One that’s harder, yes. One that’s lonelier, sometimes. But one that’s entirely yours.

Stay grounded by returning to your why. Not the version that sounds good in a room full of people — the real one. The one that wakes you up before your alarm. The one that keeps your hands moving when your mind says stop. The why is your anchor. Hold it.

And when the noise gets loud — the doubt, the rejection, the silence after you’ve put everything out there — go quiet inside. Tune out the verdict of people who never believed in you enough to bet on you. Their opinion was never the measuring stick.

Your job is not to convince everyone. Your job is to outlast the doubt long enough to prove it wrong.

So stay in the work. Stay consistent when it’s invisible. Stay kind when it’s hard. Stay hungry when the room is empty.

Because chances aren’t always given.

Sometimes, they’re built — brick by brick, day by day, by the people who refused to fold.

Be one of those people.

Love Reem ❤️

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https://kareemmichel.com

04/30/2026

The story of a flawed and rigged system where many are exploited without fully understanding it, and only a few that understands suffer the harshest consequences, paying with blood, sweat, tears, hard labor, and pain.

A poor man works nonstop.

A rich man lives off that labor (and as a Black man, the rich isn't the only one living off that hard labor - if you know, you know).

A soldier protects them both.

The taxpayer foots the bill for all three.

The banker robbed all four.

The lawyer argued and twisted the truth for all five.

The doctor treated and billed all six.

The criminal scared all seven.

And the fu***ng politicians lived like kings off of all eight.

The financial knowledge I’ve shared over the last few decades with all my Postal constituents, especially at LIC, is mor...
04/10/2026

The financial knowledge I’ve shared over the last few decades with all my Postal constituents, especially at LIC, is more relevant now than ever.

With the USPS suspending FERS contributions, this is your moment to take control of your financial future. If you’ve been on the fence about opening a Taxable Brokerage Account or a Roth IRA, let this be the push you needed. Don’t wait for the perfect time; the perfect time is now.

Remember, the goal has always been Financial Freedom. That’s not just a phrase; it’s a lifestyle, a mindset, and a choice you make every single day. No one is going to hand it to you, but the great news is you have everything it takes to build it yourself.

Retardmaxxing
04/08/2026

Retardmaxxing

Some Food for Thought to all my postal constituents:Stop complaining about your job if you’re not willing to do what’s n...
03/29/2026

Some Food for Thought to all my postal constituents:

Stop complaining about your job if you’re not willing to do what’s necessary to attain your freedom.

The bu****it that comes with this job is the same bu****it everyone of us signed up for.

The early mornings and late nights, the demanding hours, the long routes, the weather, and the heavy weight of the workload — it all comes with the territory.

The USPS isn’t facing financial difficulties because there’s no money. It’s because of ineffective leadership and excessive bureaucracy. Too many incompetent managers, not enough accountability — resulting in a broken chain of leadership, structure, stability, organization, and communication.

The absence of common sense, human decency, and empathy toward craft employees — the very hard-working people keeping this organization running, who show up every single day, in how we’re treated and how service gets delivered.

This mismanagement is draining the organization from the top down. It’s unjust to hold craft employees responsible for failures that start in the offices above us.

The drama, the nonsense, and the ain’t-sh*t co-workers — none of it is a surprise. It’s all by design.

That’s the deal. We all knew it going in.

But so is the paycheck, the benefits, and the stability that a lot of people wish they had. So the real question is: are you using this job as a stepping stone, or just a complaint?

If the frustration is real, let it mean something.
Channel it as motivation. Use it as fuel for the fire.

Learn your contract. Know your rights. Build something on the side. Stack your primary income and invest it — build wealth while you still have that steady paycheck. If you plan to exit, exit with intention.

The job is what it is. The bu****it is part of the package. But what you do with your time, energy, and money while you’re in it? That’s entirely up to you.

Your freedom is being built by the choices you make right now, or it isn’t. Stop waiting for the job to change. Take charge and build your own path to freedom.

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https://kareemmichel.com

03/22/2026

If you have a passion for perfection, you care even about the beauty of the parts unseen.

If you have a passion and intensity on the details, the rest will follow more easily… 📸

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