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This is Adolfo. He was living in a shack made of scrap wood and metal on a mattress donated by a local Dominican family. He was the recipient of one of the homes our group built this week in Don Gregorio. He is an onion farmer, supporting his sick wife. He worked harder than any volunteer and any contractor to help build his own home.

The first day we arrived, he reached out his hand to help me hop across 6 inches of mud into his original home. We were fast friends, always sharing laughs and helping me get photos and I miss him already.

More photos and a video to come. taken in Nizao, Dominican Republic by @xzacktoblade

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Festival del Coco 🌴

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A girl rolling through the street on a rip stick. Leaving her sister in the dust. A crowd gathered to drink and dance. I met @_calderonpr on the beach. Repping his island. Cats napped on hot pavement. The festival performances continued. The sun fell asleep. taken in Luquillo, Puerto Rico by @xzacktoblade

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I went to the Cheyenne River Lakota Reservation in September to document the completion of 4 tiny homes built by the YMCA Alumni and hundreds of volunteers to combat the severe housing crisis happening on this native land. Some houses have up to 20 occupants. And the nearest hospital is 3hrs away. School is far and hard to get to in the winter. Some students miss up to 80 days. The housing crisis is just one of multiple crises. There is a missing and murdered indigenous women crisis. There is also a suicide crisis. I was told when one suicide hits, the town can be on edge because it sometimes triggers more.

Yet, the Lakota people I met were full of spirit. I saw the sun rise over the plains and played the most unserious game of pool at the only dive bar in town with some local natives.

The first video features Jackie Bird performing at the tiny home ribbon cutting ceremony. The second video features Dave West, director of the Lakota Cultural Center. taken in Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation by @xzacktoblade

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My first 24 hours in Puerto Rico. I followed a river through Bayamón to the most beautiful waterfall with no one around. Except a dog. Then walked along the San Juan sands. Drove east beneath a setting sun and reached the beach where I stayed for the night.
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1. A mottled toothedthread spreads its bright red buds to catch sunlight poking through the canopy
2. Morning light hits the water coursing through the forest
3. A group of mushrooms devour a rotting tree and a spider sits patiently in the center of its web
4. Chicken and pork roast slowly over fire at a roadside pinchos stand
5. A red car swallowed up by vines and leaves
6. A blue house and some pink flowers
7. I pulled off the road on my way to Luquillo to watch the sunset from this beach, a few people were floating in the warm water
8. A couple rests along the San Juan shore
9. A hermit crab stands atop a black stone, white and brown spirals cover its shell
10. A pink and blue Hennessy basketball court
11. Dozens of shoes dangle over a telephone cable
12. This chicken knew how to pose
13. A coqui frog mural with the words “Boricua still here” on its chest
14. Baby hermit crabs tucked into a rocky tide pool
15. A white cross towers over a line of green and yellow trees
16. I look up to see a towering waterfall, I turn to see a dog also looking up.
17. Driving along the beach to Luquillo. The sky is ablaze. taken in Puerto Rico by @xzacktoblade

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May was full of flowers
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1. A couple stands on a Bushwick rooftop watching the sunset burn out
2. The grill master aka the homie aka @klinko_plinko starting up Memorial Day festivities at Brooklyn Bridge park. His photo overlays a dusky orange sky
3. A hoop spotted on a neighboring rooftop. No net. Hidden behind new spring leaves
4. A photo of my roof with someone’s tag sprayed across a wall. Sun sets in distance.
5. A girl runs toward a kite in the shape of a koi fish. The kite is so big it obscures the girl who is holding it.
6. The koi fish kite is now swimming through the clouds as a young girl holds on tight, her mom watching closely by her side.
7. Our neighbor cooking a grill-full of chicken on Memorial Day taken in Brooklyn, New York by @xzacktoblade

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Dancing under the bridge part TWO ✌🏼
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1. Faces in the crowd, blissed out under bright lights
2. The photo continues onto this slide, a girl rests on someone’s shoulders above a sea of ravers
3. @archives.nia smiles at the crowd, receiving as much energy as she is giving
4. A giant white sun sinks behind the clouds. A photo of @dylan_pham vibing overlayed in top left and a photo of @sasflows flowing overlayed on bottom right.
5. The pic of the sunset continues
6. Nia Archives absolutely crushing her set, hair whipping, hands up high
7. Lost soles hanging by their laces on a line in the sky taken in Brooklyn, New York by @xzacktoblade

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Danced under a bridge back in May
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1. @sasflows moves through beams of blue and red light
2. @archives.nia holding it down as the sun sets, flooding the crowd with golden hour magic
3. Helena Hauff locked in under an arch of beaming light
4. A girl rises above the crowd on someone’s shoulders as purple light washes over
5. Red light falls upon shadowy faces of ravers under the night sky
6. I really don’t know what’s happening here. A man sticks his face between bright lights, seemingly looking for something more? His face disappears into the portal. taken in Brooklyn, New York by @xzacktoblade

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Full video for It Is What It Is feat. @eversno. Now streaming everywhere. Video by @xzacktoblade 🎥 taken in Atlanta, Georgia by @xzacktoblade

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Been a minute but I’m still here 🙇🏻‍♂️ First release of this year ‘It Is What It Is’ coming August 27th with @eversno. Been a long time comin. Swipe for a preview 🔊

First and last by @healthyphoto

Full video edited by @xzacktoblade taken in Los Angeles, California by @xzacktoblade

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Shot a new video for @dylan_pham! Go give him a listen for perfect indie summer sounds 📻🌊 taken in Brooklyn, New York by @xzacktoblade

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A group of kids asked me to take their photo. I said, do you wanna take it on the court? Seconds later their feet were off the ground ☁️👟🏀☁️ taken in Bushwick by @xzacktoblade

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New visualizer for @figarofiiigaro “All I Know” 🦢
Directed by @thariuspride ✂️ by me. Head to Figaro’s bio for full vid 🎞️ taken in Brooklyn, New York by @xzacktoblade

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