How Sweden Could End Its Epidemic of Gang Violence
On the escalating gang violence in Sweden and the people trying to fix the problem.
Portrait of Faysa Idle, Somali-Swedish author and activist. On the escalating gang violence in Sweden and the people trying to fix the problem.
Space
Book for UNESCO about teenagers' rooms around the world, their lifestyle and identity and human rights.
Make yourself at home
Rosalie Rocha, activist, for Make Yourself at home book. On home and how it mirrors your identity. IKEA publishing. East Los Angeles, USA, 2019.
Esben Weile Kjær, artist, for Make Yourself at home book. On home and how it mirrors your identity. IKEA publishing. Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019.
Juvenile justice
A boy just returned from court. Stories from 2014–2023 on juvenile justice, reform and backlash in California, USA. For The Globe, SvD and other publications. Eastlake Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles, USA, 2015.
Girls walking to school at Juvenile Hall in Sylmar. Stories from 2014–2023 on juvenile justice, reform and backlash in California, USA. For The Globe, SvD and other publications. Sylmar, USA, 2015.https://worldschildrensprize.org/adayinthelifelockedup
Elderly and Imprisoned: ‘I Don’t Count It as Living, Only Existing.’
Portrait of America’s aging prison population. New York Times Opinion, October 2023.
Señor Franke
Interview with Frankie Morales, 71. “I haven’t spent a birthday outside since I was 12 years old,” he said. “Back then, there were no programs or groups.” New York Times, October 2023.
Children from Ghost Alley
Stories of children, youth and Roma activists from Ferentari in Bucharest, Romania. For the Globem, 2017.
Stolt jude exhibition
The first in a series of exhibitions on minority youth experiences in Sweden. The Living History Forum, Stockholm, Sweden, 2025.
Ocean magazine
A youth-produced magazine about youth culture, identity, music and more, ran from 1991-2000.
Respekt
Gladys and Richard for the Respekt book and exhibitions in Europe and US . Documenting the lives of teenagers from multigenerational gang families on Los Angeles Eastside. 1994–2025.
Victor, Cindy and Poochie for Respekt for Respekt book and exhibitions in Europe and US.. Documenting the lives of teenagers from multigenerational gang families on Los Angeles Eastside. 1994–2025.
Soccer fan art Dakar
Stories from Dakar, Senegal on youth culture, subculture, lifestyles and young creatives in fashion, design and art.
Baye Fall style
Style icons
Veteranos
Portraits of Mexican-American gang members as they grow older in California. @kakaotravels 2017-2023
Refusing child marriage
Payal with her family. Empowered girls fighting child marriage in Rajasthan, India. 2012.
Child trafficking
Portraits of children and anti-trafficking activists in the Golden Triangle – Myanmar, Laos and Thailand.
Child Rights Ambassadors
Boy votes for his favorite Child Rights Hero in a Swedish middle school. For WCPF and The Globe, 2022.
Girls preparing to perform at a global Child Rights event in Sweden, dressed in traditional regalia. For WCPF and The Globe, 2022.
adidas Magazine
Runners' portraits and stories for adidas official Stockholm Marathon magazine (print), 2022 and 2023.
Domestic Trafficking
Stories of domestic trafficking in the US and anti-trafficking activists.For the Globe and other publications, 2017–2019.
Tokyo Street Style
LA street style in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan. @kakaotravels, 2023.
LA street, Tokyo style, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. @kakaotravels, 2023.
Edumedia and Mil-on
Multimedia projects – video, workshops and more – on media literacy, freedom of speech and democracy with partners from Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia and Sweden. 2012-2019.
Unhoused
Portraits of unhoused children and their families. 2007–2020.
First Nations stories
Assembly of seven generations. Stories of Indigenous children, youth and survivors of cultural genocide in Canada, 2022.
Survivors of residential schools AND cultural genocide in Canada. Kitigan Zibi, Canada, 2022.
Grandchildren of residential school survivors tell their stories, Kitigan Zibi, Canada, 2022.
Fleeing occupied Tibet
Stories of children fleeing occupied Tibet. For the Globe, 2007.https://worldschildrensprize.org/tashiescaped
Children of incarcerated parent
Children with a parent in prison tell their stories. New York City, USA, 2005
Debt slave children
Stories of debt slave children in India, freed and empowered. For the Globe, 2019.
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