Cultural Preservation

An activist adorned with a colorful floral headdress addresses media and protesters at an anti-war demonstration outside Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon, days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine began.
An Orthodox Jewish family navigates the sidewalks of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where centuries-old traditions meet modern urban parenting.
Clayton Patterson, the Canadian-born folk historian and photographer, sits surrounded by decades of collected artifacts in his Lower East Side studio on Essex Street.
Grace Church's Gothic Revival spire dominates the streetscape in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, where 19th-century ecclesiastical architecture meets modern urban life.
Traditional Tlingit artist Brad Henry displays his work on Commercial Drive, continuing indigenous artistic traditions in Vancouver's diverse Grandview-Woodland community.
Clayton Patterson — artist, documentarian, and photographer — in his Lower East Side studio, New York City.