CARA PENQUITE

Jacqueline Rogers, 17, poses for a portrait in her bedroom on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, at her home in Jefferson City, Mo. She painted the mural wall in her room with her favorite color combination of pink and green. Rogers talks about how her energy drink consumption has gone up as a high school student studying for the SATs.

Yuliana Bezlysiuk stands for a portrait on Oct. 26 at her apartment in Sedalia. Bezlysiuk moved to the U.S. from Ukraine in May of 2022.

Luka Turanjanin is a sophomore journalism student at Mizzou and has mixed-type ADHD. He takes his medication in his bedroom on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 at his apartment in Columbia, Mo. Turanjanin takes extended-relief Adderall and talks about the effects of the Adderall shortage on his ability to get his medications. Although he has tried other ADHD medications, Adderall has helped him the most.

From left: Lydia Kern, 13, Macey Samuel, 13, and Blake Franklin, 14, pose in their Taylor Swift-themed outfits on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at GQT Forum 8 in Columbia. They came to the movie theatre to see the 6 p.m. showing of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.” 

Kelly Durante stands for a portrait in the shadows beneath a tree in her backyard on Monday, April 17, 2024, at her home in Columbia, Mo. Durante is a Jewish mother and speaks about standing with Israel in the Israel-Hamas conflict. This portrait was taken as part of an on-going series about people affected by the current Israel-Hamas conflict in mid-Missouri.

From left, Marcie Scarlett, Jennifer Romanoski, Craig Plante, and Mike Madden pose for a portrait on Monday, July 29, 2024, at Willow Grove Cemetery in Buffalo, Wyo. For Echoes of the Past cemetery tour, they portrayed Gladys E. Smith Westover, Mary Ronaghan, John Winchester and Leslie Snow respectively.

Rabbi Matt Derenbacher reflects on the Hamas attack on Israel during an interview on Oct. 27, 2023, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Columbia, Mo.

Karen Funkenbusch shows accessible garden tools on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at MU extension in Columbia. Funkenbusch emphasized the importance of tools like these that allow people to safely garden with tools that fit their needs.

This photo is part of an ongoing art project called "Neighbors." In this project I explore the emotional distance between people who are our physical neighbors. I stop random people on the street or photograph random people on their porches as part of this project.