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Tuesday sunrise showing downtown Manhattan financial district, and Monday sunrise showing the Statue of Liberty under red clouds. Shot while on assignment. @statueellisnps #downtownmanhattan #financialdistrictnyc #manhattan #manhattanisland #shotonassignment #assignment #newyorkcity #sunrisephotography #sunrise #earlymorning (at Liberty State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYCL8L4Ob47/?utm_medium=tumblr

Years ago in Nigeria, I heard a preacher scream: ”The way you dress determines how you will be addressed”. When I was making these portraits in Burkina Faso, I couldn’t get the recent demonstration of some Muslims in Ghana out of my mind. Many of them feel discriminated against because of their hijab, especially in professional circles. I had no idea such a problem existed, and I totally support their fight for respect and recognition. Their hashtag #hijabisanidentity was what intrigued me though. As I looked at this women throw on their hijabs before stepping in front of the camera, I wondered… What does it mean to say hijab is an identity? Can a woman who, on her own, chooses not to wear the hijab share that identity? Exactly what is the “hijab identity”? I’d appreciate some education here. As recently as the 1990s, it wasn’t uncommon to see young women walking around bare-chested in rural Ghana. Lots of old women still do. As feminists around the world fight for the right to bare their skin in public, I wonder if they’re aware we were called primitive for doing so, and if they know even though colonialism ended a while back, we actively enforce the “nudity is primitive” concept religiously across Africa? Colonial education and religious conversions have fundamentally taught the African to be ashamed of nudity. We take pride in, as part of our new identity, showing off our three-piece suits and long flowing gowns even in hot scorching weather. Why? How do clothes as identity even work? Does total cover-up mean more decent, more chaste, better manners, and does more skin mean more vulgar, more loose, more corrupted? Does your clothing define you? Should it? Shouldn’t it? Photos and words by Nana Kofi Acquah @africashowboy www.nkacquah.com #shotonassignment #lightfortheworld #portraits #africa #burkinafaso #manga https://www.instagram.com/p/B368ZCMFuxI/?igshid=1cjg4ywgynj2s

Heavy clouds from Tropical Storm Elsa is seen over New York City Thursday afternoon. Shot while on assignment. #nofilter #shotonassignment #fujifilm #fujixt4 #lightning #stormelsa #newyorkcity #hudsonyards #empirestatebuilding #professionalphotographer #midtownmanhattan (at Hoboken, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRFZSHjA6jc/?utm_medium=tumblr

Morning fog creates a diffuses the sunrise light over downtown Manhattan Wednesday morning. Shot while on assignment for @nydailynews #shotonassignment @downtownnyc #financialdistrict #manhattan #newyorkcity #libertystatepark #newyorkbay (at Liberty State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ9meCwA3kJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

The Super Pink Moon, the first super moon of 2021 is seen raising behind the Statue of Liberty Monday evening. Shot while on assignment for @nydailynews #supermoon #shotonassignment #statueofliberty #statueellisnps #jerseycity #libertystatepark #superpinkmoon #nyc #downtownmanhattan #financialdistrict (at Liberty State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/COJvwPXrE05/?igshid=k09ipbmvtnca

“Today’s broken glass ceilings are tomorrow’s stepping stones.” Fearless girl literally steps on broken glass representing glass ceilings being broken and yet to be broken all over the world. Congratulations to all women who has been breaking barriers and setting standards for a better world. Shot while on assignment for @nydailynews @wilmanatura @maantoniasantos @donatameirelles @fabisaba @patriciapoeta @patlobaccaro @leonaforman @vanessacaiado @cynthiatokarski @marisa.caiado.3 @caiadomelissa @monicasantosbev @katieharbath @sherylsandberg @beatrizvonbentzeen @suelijanones @statestreetga @hillaryclinton @fernandamontenegrooficial @malala @unwomen #iwd2021 #shareworthy #fearlessgirl #shotonassignment #photojournalism #photojournalist #photojournalisme (at New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMLk6volvZ9/?igshid=11d6xupurjjr6

#repost @nydailynews ・・・ Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) made a joint appearance Monday in Corona, Queens to announce $267 million in funeral benefits specifically dedicated for New Yorkers as part of the latest COVID relief package. The money, part of a $2 billion nation pot of disaster funds program, will be channeled through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and low-income families must apply for reimbursement of burial costs for loved ones who died of coronavirus. Photographed by @luizcribeiro for @nydailynews #shotonassignment #onassignment #nydailynews #aoc #chuckschumer #senateleader #coronaqueens #photojournalisme #photojournalism #fotojornalismo (at Corona, Queens, NY) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLDjhIhFlZN/?igshid=85s2wjmyedod

Clouds partially cover downtown financial center buildings during the sunrise Wednesday morning. Shot while on assignment for @nydailynews #shotonassignment #onassignment #nydailynews #libertystatepark #downtownmanhattan #sunrise #newyorkcity #newyorkcitysunrise #professionalphotographer #photojournalism (at Liberty State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CITpqgLlCqI/?igshid=1uai5vj5d46ls