Topic: Photo Essays

Photo Essay: Fab Youth Philly’s Play Captains
42 teens ran neighborhood play spaces around Philly this summer, engaging younger children while learning to be leaders themselves. Here, a look at some of the joy they shared.
By Theo Wyss-Flamm
Photo Essay: Grow Your Own
With Covid-19 food shortages looming, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society mobilized thousands of gardeners to grow food and feed their neighbors this year—an act that builds community resilience. Here, some gardening photos to inspire your own growing season.
By Katherine Rapin and Sabina Louise Pierce
Photo Essay: “You Wear The Mask For Me”
As Covid-19 cases rise in Philly, the act of wearing a mask has come to mean more than just health. It’s good citizenship
By Sabina Louise Pierce
Photo essay: It’s Spring!
It’s hard to imagine new life springing up in these scary times, but the proof is all around us
By Sabina Louise Pierce
Photo Essay: “The Trees are the Lungs”
On this Arbor Day, we celebrate the arborists who care for our trees
By Sabina Louise Pierce
Photo Essay: Yesterday, We Voted
We stood in line. We had our say. And we did it at some rather odd places
By Sabina Louise Pierce
Photo Essay: Farms to Food Deserts
Through The Food Trust, Philly has long led the nation in bringing fresh produce to poor neighborhoods with little access
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy and Gillian McGoldrick