“If it’s a human rights issue, then there’s no both sides.” Photojournalist Natalie Keyssar believes journalists have an obligation to be honest, not necessarily neutral. For about a year during the pandemic, Natalie focused her lens on the lives and deaths of the elderly who were behind bars in New York during Covid, sharing their stories and the toll it took on their families. “It’s so easy for society…to dismiss people in prison as people who deserve what they get or who don’t deserve humane treatment,” she said, but Natalie wants to use her camera to make sure the most vulnerable in prison are seen.

You can see Natalie’s photos and reporting in the Rolling Stone article, Prisoners and the Pandemic: https://www.rollingstone.com/covids-most-vulnerable-population-elderly-prisoners/

Natalie’s website: http://nataliekeyssar.com/splash

Natalie on Instagram: @nataliekeyssar