For my photo essay, I’d like to do a story on a Black-owned bar my friend told me about called Bunton’s World Famous. It opened up just last year and is already kind of popular in Bushwick. I’d ask the owner about what it’s like to run such an establishment in this social climate, and during a pandemic. I’d also like to talk to the employees and the locals about their experiences and relationships to the bar.
My other ideas include talking to my younger brother, and his friends who are going through their first year of college online. I can also talk to other people I know that are first generation college students and talk about how they’re dealing with the pandemic transforming their education experience.