Photography
I show people as they are, not as the world expects them to be.
My work comes from Jewish and LGBTQ life, and my Indigenous Okinawan family story.
I show people as they are, not as the world expects them to be.
I bring people together around stories that deserve a public life.
I build tools that make Jewish knowledge easier to use.
Founder, Museum of Ours. President and organizer, Foundation of Ours.
I turned my home and private collection in Erbil into a place people could visit. Foundation of Ours built programs around the same history.
The project ran tours and temporary exhibitions from 2019 to 2022.
Creator and exhibition lead
A photograph of my grandmother kissing a woman opened a public conversation. I turned that response into a portable exhibition.
The photograph received 2.6 million views and 31,000 upvotes in one Reddit post.
See the sourcePublishingWriter and photographer Read a report
I reported on the people and places of the region for Kurdistan24.
Released productCreator and developer View on the App Store
I built This Jewish Day. I released it through Apple’s App Store.
Events I helped make
Bay Area eventOrganizer and Photographer View the event record
I helped organize a Jewish Pride event in San Francisco. I photographed the event.