Cheriss May | Washington DC Portrait and Editorial Photographer

Jon Marc Sandifer

Shaka King

The Intercept: Kasargod-Staub Family

Kavitha Kasargod-Staub is embraced by her 10-year-old daughter on the front porch of their home in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2021. Photo: Cheriss May for The Intercept

Eli Kasargod-Staub, and his wife Kavitha, watch over their children: Seven-year-old Ezra, and 10-year-old Priya in the backyard of their home in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Photo by Cheriss May

Kavitha Kasargod-Staub opens the front door of her home in Washington, D.C. on October 19, 2021. Photo: Cheriss May for The Intercept

Eli Kasargod-Staub

Kavitha Kasargod-Staub

PBS NewsHour: DC Home Vaccinations

Registered nurse Adedolapo Adegbite explains the process of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at home to D.C. resident Peggy Templeman, 90, who has difficulty leaving her house. She and her home health aide, Lillian Bazemore, will receive their booster shots through the free program. Beyond mass vaccination sites and pop-up clinics, the nation’s capital has dispatched nurses to people’s homes to ensure more people are protected against virus. Photo by Cheriss May for PBS NewsHour

Home health aide, Lillian Bazemore, holds the hand of Peggy Templeman, 90, who has difficulty leaving her house, after they received their booster vaccination shots at home in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 19, 2021. Photo by Cheriss May for PBS NewsHour

Home health aide, Lillian Bazemore, stands outside after receiving her vaccination booster shot at home in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 19, 2021. Photo by Cheriss May for PBS NewsHour

Texas Democrats And Civil Rights Leaders Meet With Civil Rights Leaders at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: Martin Luther King III, (C) his wife Arndrea Waters King, and Rev. Al Sharpton, stand with locked arms praying with Texas Legislative Black Caucus members (L-R): Sheryl Cole, Jarvis Johnson, Rhetta Andrews Bowers, Ron Reynolds, Carl O. Sherman, Jasmine Crockett, and Shawn Thierry, at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on July 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. The civil rights leaders and members were meeting to discuss actions to stop restrictive voting, announcing a national march on August 28, 2021. (Photo by Cheriss May/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: Martin Luther King III stands at a press conference at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on July 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. King held the conference with his wife Arndrea Waters King, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Texas Legislative Black Caucus members to discuss actions to stop restrictive voting, announcing a national March on August 28, 2021. (Photo by Cheriss May/Getty Images)

NRDC president and CEO Manish Bapna

Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

The Verge: Secretary Pete Buttigieg

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg | Photo by Cheriss May

The New York Times: She Built a Baltimore Restaurant Empire, but Still Works the Stove

Cindy Wolf is a rarity — a seasoned chef focused on her flagship and a style of white-linen dining that’s been endangered by the pandemic.

By Brett Anderson

Photography by Cheriss May

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A Tennis Champ, Political Star and the Minds Behind the COVID-19 Vaccines: PEOPLE's Women Changing the World

Every year, PEOPLE highlights females who are making a major difference; sneak a peek at this year's honorees

By Kate Hogan and People Staff

Portrait of Dr. Corbett by Cheriss May

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Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett | Photo by Cheriss May

Commissioned portrait of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden on the White House website

Commissioned portrait of Dr. Jill Biden — Featured in University of Delaware Magazine

University of Delaware Magazine credit

VP Kamala Harris at the White House | Photo by Cheriss May for Reuters

Psychiatry Confronts Its Racist Past, and Tries to Make Amends

But there is a lot to apologize for — from Reconstruction to today.

By Judith Warner

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Dr. Danielle Hairston | Photo by Cheriss May for The New York Times

Child Care in Crisis: Can Biden’s Plan Save It?

Child-care centers improvised during the pandemic, scrambling to stay open with razor-thin budgets and little government guidance. How long will the short-term solutions last?

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta

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Portraits for NY Times story

BET Urban Beauty TV show | Photo by Cheriss May

Unit Stills — BET Urban Beauty TV show Season 2

Elise Sampson | Photo by Cheriss May for Scholastic Choices Magazine -

Elise Sampson | Photo by Cheriss May for Scholastic Choices

First Lady Michelle Obama | Photo by Cheriss May

Cut50: Michael Deegan-McCree, former Policy Associate, Van Jones, co-founder and board member, Louis L. Reed, National Organizer. | Photo by Cheriss May

Gorden Campbell - Commissioned portrait | Photo by Cheriss May

Commissioned portrait Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP | Photo by Cheriss May

Roscoe Brunson, III., Community Organizer | Photo by Cheriss May

Visitor at the American I Am exhibit | Photo by Cheriss May for Walmart

Ghana portrait | Photo by Cheriss May

102-year-old Clifford Johnson Sr. | Photo by Cheriss May

James McBride, 2015 National Humanities Medal — The White House | Photo by Cheriss May

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's 24th President | Photo by Cheriss May

Ruth Carter | Photo by Cheriss May

Mr. Brainwash | Photo by Cheriss May

Bloomberg: COVID-19 threatens to wipe out decades of progress for U.S. women

Nancy Weindruch and husband Bruce Nilson play with their son William at home in Arlington, Virginia. Photographer: Cheriss May/Bloomberg

Nancy Weindruch walks with her son William, and their dog outside their home in Arlington, Virginia. Photographer: Cheriss May/Bloomberg

Nancy Weindruch gives snacks to her son William, at home in Arlington, Virginia. Photographer: Cheriss May/Bloomberg

Black Businesses Need More Than Retail Activism to Survive

Buoyed by the “Buy Black” movement, entrepreneurs say they need capital and financial advising to keep the momentum going.

By Jordyn Holman and Deena Shanker Bloomberg Business

Photography by Cheriss May

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The duty and burden of the Black police officer

“This is not the department I joined 30 years ago,” Contee says now, as an assistant chief of the District’s Metropolitan Police Department. — DCPD Assistant Chief Robert Contee

By Dan Zak and Ellen McCarthy

Photography by Cheriss May, for The Washington Post

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Howard University to be Present at Adobe Worldwide Sales Conference

WASHINGTON – (December 6, 2018), Howard University has been selected to attend the Adobe Worldwide Sales Conference this December in Las Vegas. Howard will be the only historically Black college or university at the conference, joining the University of California, Berkeley and University of North Carolina. Representing Howard will be award-winning photojournalist and digital design adjunct professor, Cheriss May, along with two students – senior Sydne Barard and sophomore Kiara Hardy. The conference will include leaders in industries of photography, video production, documentary filmmaking and storytelling. — Portraits I created of Howard University students for Adobe.

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Sydne Barard (Adobe micro internship portrait)

Kiara Hardy (Adobe micro internship portrait)