MORGAN HORNSBY

My sister Gabi at our home in Sandgap, KY. Part of Before I Go 

Kingston, TN for the Guardian.

Frankie Norris at his home in Albany, Kentucky. Norris, a first responder, says he started developing sores on his body after six months of working at the Kingston coal ash spill in 2012. Photographed for The Guardian.

Elk at the Salato Wildlife Center in Frankfort, KY. Photographed for the New York Times.

Family visits at the Warren County Regional Jail in Bowling Green, KY. 

My brother Ray during the first snow in Sandgap, KY.

Diana Loe, Jonica Louis, and Calouna Zamor rest together in the shade between events at the Collier County Athletic Conference track and field meet at Naples High School on April 6, 2019. Photographed for the Naples Daily News.

A member of the congregation waits in the doorway at First Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fifty-eight years ago, Pastor Martin Luther King visited the church where 1,500 Oklahomans gathered to hear his message of unity. Photographed for the Tulsa World.

Alyssa Yarnell and her daughter MacKenzie at their home in Tulsa, OK. Yarnell grew up with a single mother who had a drug addiction and sold drugs from their home. Though Alyssa was determined her own motherhood would be different, Alyssa became addicted to heroin and eventually lost custody of her daughter MacKenzie. After prison time, rehabilitation facilities, and attempts to get clean on her own, Alyssa was admitted to Women in Recovery, an 18-month intensive recovery program. Alyssa knew that she wanted to go due to her responsibility to her daughter and her desire to be a good mother.“I had let my daughter down enough and I was done,” Alyssa said. “When I left for Women in Recovery, I explained it to Kenzie by saying that I had made bad choices and that I was going there to make better ones, to be a better mom and person.”

Ashley Douglas washing dishes at her home in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Caption written by her mother, Jennifer Douglas, who was incarcerated.

Jennifer Douglas, center, participates in a group therapy class at the Warren County Regional Jail in Bowling Green, KY. 

Contestants celebrate after the Miss Black Western beauty pageant in Bowling Green, KY. Forty-six years ago, Miss Black Western was established by Alpha Kappa Alpha when Black women were not allowed to compete for Homecoming queen. Every year, the sorority sponsors the pageant for African-American women on Western’s campus. Photographed for the College Heights Herald.

Kyle Crutchmer wrestles with his brother, Brian Crutchmer, at Apollo’s Martial Arts inTulsa, Oklahoma. Photographed for the Tulsa World.

Chenoa Stevens is crowned Miss Diné bi Eastern Pageant in Crownpoint, New Mexico. Part of Royals.

Shanaci Fleming lures horses away from a fire at her neighbors house in Turley, Oklahoma. Photographed for the Tulsa World

Harmony Hawkes runs through her cousin's backyard in Brownsville, KY.

Lexie Reed, 2017 winner of the Miss Black Western beauty pageant in Bowling Green, KY. Reed said at her university, she is one of three Black girls in most of her classes. “My scholarly personality has kept her from fitting in, but the pageant allowed me to be in the presence of other intelligent Black women. I feel comfortable and myself.” Photographed for the College Heights Herald

Aleena Ali adjusts her veil while praying with her friends and family at her home in Naples during Ramadan. Photographed for the Naples Daily News

Ariana Green, center, floats in the water while Diandra Veitch, left, holds her daughter Kanaiyah Green at Naples Pier the Fourth of July. Photographed for Naples Daily News.