Thomas McCartney Photography

May 9

Five generations of one family have worked this tobacco farm in Cuba. They do not own the land. They cannot sell it. Ninety percent of their harvest goes to the state. And yet for Miguel, Michelle, and Michael, there is no other place they would rather live. My latest story from Viñales, Cuba: “T...Read more

Five generations of one family have worked this tobacco farm in Cuba. They do not own the land. They cannot sell it. Ninety percent of their harvest goes to the state. And yet for Miguel, Michelle, and Michael, there is no other place they would rather live. My latest story from Viñales, Cuba: “The Farm They Cannot Leave” Link in bio or https://buff.ly/dl8o7HI . . . . . #Cuba #DocumentaryPhotography #Photojournalism #Leica #HumanStories #RuralLife #VisualStorytelling #LatinAmerica #Documentary #LifeAndPeople

Apr 4

Events like this are often reduced to numbers—how many showed up, how big the crowd was. But that’s not what stayed with me. These images are about what it felt like to be inside it. Take your time with these. If you can, view them on a larger screen. Inside the Crowd: No Kings March, March 28,...Read more

Events like this are often reduced to numbers—how many showed up, how big the crowd was. But that’s not what stayed with me. These images are about what it felt like to be inside it. Take your time with these. If you can, view them on a larger screen. Inside the Crowd: No Kings March, March 28, 2026 https://buff.ly/GnR8qGC . . . . . #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #streetphotography #protestphotography #socialdocumentary #reportagespotlight #everydayeverywhere #visualjournalism #documentaryphotographer #reportagephotography #humanstory #onassignment #inthefield #NoKings #stpaulmn #minnesotaphotographer #witnesswork #inthecrowd

Mar 31

No Kings March — March 28, 2026 📍 St. Paul, Minnesota Inside the crowd at the Minnesota State Capitol. Most images from protests show the scale. This is what it felt like to stand inside it. Voices layered over each other. Bodies pressed shoulder to shoulder. Moments of anger, humor, and defianc...Read more

No Kings March — March 28, 2026 📍 St. Paul, Minnesota Inside the crowd at the Minnesota State Capitol. Most images from protests show the scale. This is what it felt like to stand inside it. Voices layered over each other. Bodies pressed shoulder to shoulder. Moments of anger, humor, and defiance colliding in real time. Nothing about it was distant. — The St. Paul rally served as the flagship event in a nationwide day of more than 3,000 protests across all 50 states, with millions participating and solidarity demonstrations held internationally.  — Full gallery: https://buff.ly/Iu5vrnq #DocumentaryPhotography #Photojournalism #Leica #ProtestPhotography #StPaul #Minnesota #VisualStorytelling #Reportage #NoKings #HumanStories

Mar 6

She is fourteen. She wants to become a nurse. She now attends school online because she is afraid her father could be taken too. There was no drama in her voice when she said it. Just calculation. Just survival. This is what enforcement looks like inside a home. “Taken” is live.

Mar 3

On February 1, his wife left for work in Rochester. She did not come home. She was detained and transferred to a facility in Texas. Since then, the family measures its days around phone calls they can afford to pay for. The baby no longer sleeps through the night. A fourteen-year-old attends schoo...Read more

On February 1, his wife left for work in Rochester. She did not come home. She was detained and transferred to a facility in Texas. Since then, the family measures its days around phone calls they can afford to pay for. The baby no longer sleeps through the night. A fourteen-year-old attends school online because she is afraid. The blinds stay closed during the day. They left Honduras to escape violence. They believed they had found safety in Minnesota. This is what detention looks like inside a home. This project documents immigration enforcement not as a policy debate, but as lived family experience. “Taken” is now live. Link in bio. https://buff.ly/bXQ9rDJ