Shuran Huang

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Anonymous Portraits

School: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University Hong Kong Baptist University

A Northern Virginia Juvenile D... ( For National Public Radio )

A Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center resident holds a marimba after his final performance as part of Sound Impact's "Use Your Voice" residency in Alexandria, VA, on Friday, May 26, 2023. Sound Impact collaborates with Alexandria Juvenile Detention Center to provide incarcerated youth with live performances and arts-integrated education. The three-day “Use Your Voice” residency culminates in a joint performance - fusing the youth's words and musical creations with Sound Impact’s live music. (For National Public Radio)

A Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center resident holds a trumpet after her final performance as part of Sound Impact's "Use Your Voice" residency in Alexandria, VA, on Friday, May 26, 2023. Sound Impact collaborates with Alexandria Juvenile Detention Center to provide incarcerated youth with live performances and arts-integrated education. The three-day “Use Your Voice” residency culminates in a joint performance - fusing the youth's words and musical creations with Sound Impact’s live music. (For National Public Radio)

A Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center resident holds a tambourine after her final performance as part of Sound Impact's "Use Your Voice" residency in Alexandria, VA, on Friday, May 26, 2023. Sound Impact collaborates with Alexandria Juvenile Detention Center to provide incarcerated youth with live performances and arts-integrated education. The three-day “Use Your Voice” residency culminates in a joint performance - fusing the youth's words and musical creations with Sound Impact’s live music. (For National Public Radio)

A Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center resident holds a viola after his final performance as part of Sound Impact's "Use Your Voice" residency in Alexandria, VA, on Friday, May 26, 2023. Sound Impact collaborates with Alexandria Juvenile Detention Center to provide incarcerated youth with live performances and arts-integrated education. The three-day “Use Your Voice” residency culminates in a joint performance - fusing the youth's words and musical creations with Sound Impact’s live music. (For National Public Radio)

Mackenzie, a college senior fr...y. ( For The Washington Post )

Mackenzie, a college senior from Texas stands for an anonymous portrait in her college dormitory in Washington, D.C., on Monday, November 1, 2021. After a surge of campus activism during the Trump years, a growing number of Gen Z job seekers are now discovering a downside to their political engagement. While employers say they are eager for diversity and advise applicants to “bring their whole selves” to the job hunt, Mackenzie and some of her peers don’t trust them to look beyond ideology. Mackenzie has two résumés: the public one she sends to prospective employers and the private one that nobody sees. They are both accurate descriptions of her experience. But the private résumé, which Mackenzie maintains in case she applies for a job as a community organizer, paints a much more specific and honest picture of her racial justice work on campus and in the community. (For The Washington Post)

Mackenzie, a college senior fr...p; ( For The Washington Post )

Mackenzie, a college senior from Texas stands for an anonymous portrait in her college dormitory in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, October 30, 2021. After a surge of campus activism during the Trump years, a growing number of Gen Z job seekers are now discovering a downside to their political engagement. While employers say they are eager for diversity and advise applicants to “bring their whole selves” to the job hunt, Mackenzie and some of her peers don’t trust them to look beyond ideology. Mackenzie has two résumés: the public one she sends to prospective employers and the private one that nobody sees. They are both accurate descriptions of her experience. But the private résumé, which Mackenzie maintains in case she applies for a job as a community organizer, paints a much more specific and honest picture of her racial justice work on campus and in the community. (For The Washington Post)

Mohammad, 30, Zar, 27, and the...o; ( For The Washington Post )

Mohammad, 30, Zar, 27, and their five-year-old Mubariz, refugees from Afghanistan, pose for an anonymous portrait at home in Alexandria, VA, on Saturday, September 24, 2022. The couple is expecting a baby girl. “I am so happy now, that she [will be] born here,” Zar says, “because here, I think her future is bright.” (For The Washington Post)

MA's mother poses for ...ng her visit. ( For NBC News )

MA's mother poses for an anonymous portrait in Leesburg, VA, on Monday, July 10, 2023. She took her 15-year-old daughter to Reston Pediatrics in March 2017 to check whether she had meningitis. Dr. Martin Seth Forman, a pediatrician based in Leesburg, allegedly molested her daughter during her visit. (For NBC News)

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These anonymous portraits are photographed with a trauma-informed and identity-shielding approach for National Public Radio, The Washington Post, and NBC News.

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