"When I first received a news alert that there had been a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde - a town less than 90 miles from where I grew up - I was stunned. Although mass shootings are frequent, it’s easy to feel removed from tragedy when i...

Robert E. Gerhardt
Robert Gerhardt is a New York based photographer and freelance writer. His photographs and writings have been published nationally and internationally including in The Hong Kong Free Press, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Diplomat.