Barista Magazine
I write, interview, and photograph for both the print and digital journals of Barista Magazine– the digital home of the leading trade magazine for the worldwide community of specialty coffee professionals. I analyze market trends to pitch and deliver stories on topics such Carbon Markets, stem rust, and service industry.…
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Coffee Portraits: Ana Lorena
Ana Lorena Jimenez // Vuelta de Jorco AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Themes: Independence and Resilience Gender Empowerment Meaningfulness in Coffee Coffee: The Giver of Life Ana Lorena is a woman coffee producer a part of Bean Voyage’s Care Training program. She is from a small community called Vuelta de Jorco, about an hour south of San Jose, Costa Rica’s capital. Her farm is located high up in the hills (which is ideal for growing coffee), and you must climb steep—borderline…
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Nature’s Orchestration
AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Content: This photo series comprises 12 photographs taken over a four-month period at four different locations: Point Reyes and Lake Tahoe, California, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Chirripo, Costa Rica. Typically, my work includes an element or presence of human beings or their interactions, because I find people to be the most interesting things on this planet. However, for this project, I deliberately separated humans and nature as two distinct entities, which reflects the prevailing societal belief…
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Coffee Portraits: Jackie and Flor
Jacqueline Garbanzo// Valle Central AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Themes: Coffee Price Volatility Cooperative Governing Structures Community Empowerment Co-Existing: Coffee, Cooperatives, & Community Jackie Garbanzo is one of Bean Voyage’s Care Fellows. Her community zone is called Bustamante, which is located in the Central Valley—one of Costa Rica’s premier zones for producing fine quality coffee. Tarrazu, perhaps the best-known region, lies on the opposite hill side of the valley. The meaning of coffee for Jacqueline: It is 6 pm and Jackie…
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Presence
AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G What is photography? This is a philosophical and complex question. To me, photography is a way of engaging with and being present in this world. It allows me to extend myself and share my perspective on the scenes that present themselves before me. Not only does photography demonstrate who I am, not only does it enable me to express my attentiveness to that particular scene, but photography also reifies my awareness to the environment around me.…
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Coffee Portraits: Rafa
Raphael (Rafa) Orozco // San Ramon AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Themes: Ecosystem Biodiversity Community Engagement Education in Agriculture No Healthy Soil? No Coffee. Rafa, one of Bean Voyage’s Care Fellows, is 24 years old and studies engineering and forestry sciences at the National Technical University in Costa Rica. His focus is on agronomy, which is the science of soil management and crop production. Specifically, Rafa is interested in organic fertilizer production. His project goal is to create more sustainable production…
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Coffee in Time and Space
AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Coffee touches the lives of approximately 125 million people—from the producers at the bottom of the global coffee supply chain to the exporters of raw coffee beans to the specialty roasters to the marketers to the coffee drinkers. Over 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed globally every single day. The economic gulf between the Global South countries that produces almost all coffee and the Global North that consumes almost all coffee is enormous. Yet inequalities…
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Grooves of the Human Anatomy
Hasselblad 1000F/ Ilford HP5 Plus 400 Speed/ 120 Film 11″ x 14″ Prints Inspired by a fascination with ancient Greek sculptures. Individually processed in the dark room using dodge and burn techniques and various light exposures per print. Photographed subject in home created studio. To pose the subject into intimate yet dignified positions was the challenge. I photograph candidly; thus to pose the subject into an intentional position that I have choreographed into my mind was a different, yet…
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Coffee Grounded Perceptions
22 coffee bags, acrylic paint, water, fresh espresso grounds, PVC pipes, blank cloth, tapestry, super glue, human subjects. We all live in a society where coffee is a highly sought-after commodity. Every day, about 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the world. We are all consumers living in a globalized country that plays an active role in shaping the agendas, livelihoods, and identities of the coffee bean farmers. The global coffee chain has gone through a ‘‘latte revolution,’’…
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Coffee Portraits: Kendy
Kendy Vega // Guanacaste Region AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Themes: Family Generational Farming Women and Youth in Coffee Mitigating Coffee Disease Coffee Struggles in a Family’s Paradise The meaning of coffee for Kendy Vega: Coffee has been very important to me. Since I was a little girl, my family has taught me the value of hard work and the joy of being together. For me, happiness is being in the coffee fields and sharing a cup of processed coffee with…
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Yellow Earth 