https://www.therongsam.com/stories daily 1.0 2021-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1550695166206-7459AYP1YTH7GBL310OM/Screenshot+2019-02-20+at+14.35.14.jpg portfolio - Stories for the Heart - 2019 Reel Every shot, every edit is a golden opportunity to witness another dimension of life and try to rectify the lack of empathy and understanding in our world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1550695166206-7459AYP1YTH7GBL310OM/Screenshot+2019-02-20+at+14.35.14.jpg portfolio - Stories for the Heart - 2019 Reel Every shot, every edit is a golden opportunity to witness another dimension of life and try to rectify the lack of empathy and understanding in our world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1601226373977-3YBVPEDXDUR54RMDHXNQ/Screenshot%2B2019-02-21%2Bat%2B14.07.43.jpg portfolio - Limonar In a Colombian barrio, community, hope, and togetherness come in the form of baseball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1550697112996-LZTXJUCWLZCUTAR7QLLY/Screenshot+2019-02-20+at+15.05.56.jpg portfolio - Kusanya Kusanya Cafe is a Chicago nonprofit venture started by residents of the Englewood neighborhood. Although the media largely associates Englewood with crime and gun violence, seeing things from a distance rarely presents the clearest picture. Which is why Kusayna’s founder, Phil Sipka, encourages all Chicagoans to visit the cafe and experience what the neighborhood has to offer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1601251277039-N3Q922MB6Z96R0N9O7WV/image-asset.png portfolio - #GhanaRun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1619457301618-0CVHOAPFL7MOFF0CYSJ5/image.jpg portfolio - What Bonds Us - Chicago Muay Thai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1550697674793-K6ACG4WMM18X3XLMDRNP/Screenshot+2019-02-20+at+15.19.46.jpg portfolio - 饺子 (Dumpling) The cooking process can be a beautiful one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1550777771392-JDXOIUBUR64CO9XSZML2/IMG_9068-2.jpg portfolio - The John Coleman Way "I will not surrender. I will not quit." That’s the John Coleman Way, and the youth of South Shore are benefiting from it. Twelve years ago, when John opened Pump High Energy Fitness on 71st Street in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood, he knew this was exactly what his community needed. “There’s so much stress in our community and no outlet,” he said. “People just bottle all that anger in.” “When people get frustrated, they just want to strike out, and it’s always the wrong thing they strike out at. But when they come here, they can work out, box, and leave feeling good. They won’t try to do anything destructive.” “That’s what lacks in our community., health and fitness. Exercise is spiritual. It gets you eating right. It gets your body right. That’s what it does.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1550781705647-UTQNAJOWRKP16XE3DHE9/Screenshot+2019-02-21+at+14.34.32.jpg portfolio - Indomitable Spirit Driven by the desire for a better life, a young Nigerian goalkeeper makes his way to South Africa to confront the challenges and cruelties of professional football. https://www.therongsam.com/intransit daily 0.75 2019-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1554499150125-IWQDBCCZYO7D6QSA36NP/In%2BTransit.jpg In Transit (Living CASA) https://www.therongsam.com/intransit/2019/4/28/misfit monthly 0.5 2019-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1556745964941-TMF12G1I2ELJVSJ1DA57/Township.jpg In Transit (Living CASA) - Misfit ‍♂️ Visiting Soweto for the first time in 2013. These kids took to my beatboxing skills. Though it’s safe to say I stuck out like a sore thumb mostly everywhere I went. Everyone thought I knew Kung Fu. (PC: Susan Du) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1556852123136-7IFEJQJ7EF8I47NXMFMW/59457981_600128773838697_8631183320471830528_n.jpg In Transit (Living CASA) - Misfit ‍♂️ The newsroom, where I existed in a perpetual state of panic. (PC: Ashley Market) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1556852041996-Z7CPNRWKRU6OPF1K1UKF/59299067_2424257394264690_4362606000050536448_n.jpg In Transit (Living CASA) - Misfit ‍♂️ The front lobby and card key gates. I’ve broken them many, many times, pissing off several security guards. (PC: Ashley Market) https://www.therongsam.com/intransit/2019/4/11/invictus monthly 0.5 2019-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1556291239137-71NXJWOP0HUK9EOF0BV5/P1233723-2.jpg In Transit (Living CASA) - Invictus Yup, this movie poster just happened to be hanging on a brick wall outside my apartment. https://www.therongsam.com/intransit/2019/4/16/judgement monthly 0.5 2019-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1555506741086-8I8L15MG3QMKAHZPW4QD/Work%2BPermit.jpg In Transit (Living CASA) - Judgement Also in my little blue book: the Exchange Permit, good for one year of employment in South Africa. https://www.therongsam.com/intransit/2019/4/11/ignorance monthly 0.5 2019-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1555270877554-WSY50R2YA41MZOG484DH/Ignorance.jpg In Transit (Living CASA) - Ignorance ‍♂️ Signal Hill, Cape Town, March 2013. Sun’s out, tongue’s out. Young and stupid. Nothing’s changed. https://www.therongsam.com/intransit/2019/4/9/suspended monthly 0.5 2019-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1554822834215-7FYY7Y7Y0C41ZBNW9ZAM/O%2527Hare.jpg In Transit (Living CASA) - Suspended The O’Hare concourse: I have a real love-hate relationship with this place. https://www.therongsam.com/intransit/2019/4/7/leaving monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c67262ae666695f97496880/1554650493330-FXUZKRW99QFV11OZ8UZ8/IMG_4440.JPG In Transit (Living CASA) - Leaving The Africa exhibit at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, 2012. 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