photo essay: POC theme house

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2 min readJun 12, 2019
Camilia, 20, of San Francisco, Calif., sits on a dining room bench wearing a cool outfit with even cooler shoes on on June 6th, 2019. I decided I loved the look she was wearing and had to photograph, even though we were all eating lunch.
Ebony, 18, of Queens, New York, sits on a bench on a beautiful day on June 5th, 2019. We were just having fun, and Ebony looks like they are starring in a music video because they are are that gorgeous.
Santana, 21, of Los Angeles, Calif., sits in her room with her new loot from Goodwill on June 8th, 2019. We were going to a Latinx queer DJ party later that night, and she was trying on clothes —peep the cowboy hat.
Camilia, 20, of San Francisco, Calif. sit on a bus for our excursion to the city on June 9th, 2019. We had boarded the bus at our POC themed co op and I thought this photo was relevant to put in this gallery because it shows the colors and fits we in the co op don. The colors reflect the character of our co op.
Camilia, 20, of San Francisco, Calif., and Ebony, 18, of Queens., New York sit in the front lawn of our co op with other friends we’ve gathered on June 7th, 2019. We had a little picnic and barbecue that day.
Miranda, 21, of San Diego, Calif., sits on a bench in front of our cooperative on June 5th, 2019. She was on the phone when I was walking up and I asked to take a photo of her and she immediately started laughing in her cute characteristic way.
Ebony, 18, of Queens, New York lies on the staircase in front of our home on June 4th, 2019. It was a pretty hot day, and we were trying to enjoy the sun together.
Ebony, 18, of Queens, New York stands on a rock beside our unruly garden that we have yet to tame on June 4th, 2019.
This is a photo of our neighbor’s plants, another unruly garden. I took this on June 11th, 2019.
Mila, 22, of Berkeley., Calif sits at his desk doing homework on June 11th, 2019. I loved the way he decorated his room, and the light looked beautiful.
Santana, 21., of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mila, 22., of Berkeley, Calif., and Zara, 18, of San Jose, Calif., sit on a couch in our cooperative on June, 15th 2019. We were going out that night and this was the joyous celebration beforehand.
Ponsi, 18, of San Jose, Calif., shows me his concoction of oatmeal cupcakes with corn flakes and white chocolate chips on June 11th, 2019.

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