Project

Coming Out of Age

Grant

Pulitzer Center, iStorya Studios

Type

✿ Personal

Year

2023-Present

After spending all his life waiting for a family to adopt him and moving to different institutions, 17-year-old Joseph decided to leave the care system for good to experience freedom and be with his chosen ‘family.’

📸 R&D: A co-created photo book with a teen who aged out of the care system, finding his own agency and identity. Also learning to use flash and brewing something with Ria. (Updated July. 5, 2026)

👋🏼 SOCIALS

📍 Laguna, Philippines

02:47 PM

© Copyright 2026

Website by Brook Hayfield

📸 R&D: A co-created photo book with a teen who aged out of the care system, finding his own agency and identity. Also learning to use flash and brewing something with Ria. (Updated July. 5, 2026)

👋🏼 SOCIALS

📍 Laguna, Philippines

02:47 PM

© Copyright 2026

Website by Brook Hayfield

📸 R&D: A co-created photo book with a teen who aged out of the care system, finding his own agency and identity. Also learning to use flash and brewing something with Ria. (Updated July. 5, 2026)

👋🏼 SOCIALS

📍 Laguna, Philippines

02:47 PM

© Copyright 2026

Website by Brook Hayfield