Alex Boerner

WITH THE LIGHT

A collection of photographs exploring daily life and its details.

   
Chalk on a hand during a weightlifting competition at the Florida Police and Fire Games.
   
Port St. Lucie Police officers Sgt. Rick Schichtel, left, and Lee Rehm, arrest Michael Mandell, 13, after he and his family failed to appear in court for trespassing and fleeing the police charges. The victim, an acquaintance of the family's, is not pressing charges according to Michael's father, Alan Mandell, left center, who met the police at the door with his wife Michelle, right center. "This gave us a wake-up call and we need to give him more attention," said Alan about Michael, who has not been in trouble before. The PSL Police Department is stepping up its efforts to make curfew checks on juveniles on probation and arrest those juveniles with active warrants.
     
  
Shawarma vendor. New York City.
   
Necklaces in The Elks Lodge in Stuart, FL.
   
A Banana Spider rests near a passion vine.From the series - In The Yard.
     
  
A length of vine wraps around a link of a backyard swing.From the series - In The Yard.
   
Apples, a therapy horse, is petted by a woman in a class designed for people to overcome their fear of horses.
   
Crucifix.
     
  
Musical artist Jovi Rockwell.Shot for FADER.
   
Al Hume greets people at the front door of The Elks Club in Stuart, FL. He was given the Elk bolo tie by the wife of a former Elks Club Exaulted Ruler more than 30 years ago.
   
The Midway at the Martin County Fair in Stuart, FL.
     
  
Mercy Ross of Gifford, FL, stands for a portrait in front of the Macedonia Historic Baptist Church, founded in 1908, and the site of Gifford's Martin Luther King Day celebration earlier that afternoon.
   
Pat Cochran, sculptor and owner of Shadetree Studios foundry.
   
Bait for a sailfish expedition out of Sebastian, FL.
     
  
   
Portrait shoot for The Children's Home Society of Florida's Heart Gallery initiative to adopt children in the foster care system.
   
Roderick Barron Jr. takes a sip of the punch flowing from the fountain on a table set up for the birthday party of his father, Roderick Barron, in Ft. Pierce, FL
     
  
Fishing on the Fort Pierce Inlet.
   
101-year-old Marian Wardell-Qualey sits up in the hospital bed inside of her home in Hobe Sound, FL. An artist and former art teacher, Wardell-Qualey now suffers from many ailments, including macular degeneration, which combined with her otherwise deteriorating state of health, forced her to give up painting the portraits of flowers and nudes that hang on her own walls.
  
Angie Ashworth, 28, rests in the apartment that is attached to her mother's home where she lives in Fort Pierce, FL. In high school Angie could bench press over 300 pounds, but she now suffers from a number of ailments including lymphedema, which causes fluid to pool in her abdomen and legs, creating areas of her body that are difficult to keep clean, and cellulitis, a bacterial infection that has created large open wounds on her legs. Skin grafts used to cover the open sores on her legs have helped as she slowly works toward recovery from the cellulitis. Her mobility has declined, however, as a result of the weight gain and pain associated with the lymphedema.
     
  
Preparing for the Martin County High School homecoming parade.
   
A couple eats pizza at Vinnie Van Go-Go's in Savannah, GA.
   
Conan O'Brien.
     
  
Roderick Barron, Jr. kneels down at the grave site of his mother, Tawanna Dixon, while visiting the cemetery where she is buried on Easter Sunday in Fort Pierce, FL. Dixon died from complications related to AIDS. In the small community of Fort Pierce, FL the number of African American women with AIDS is disproportionately high for the population when compared to other counties in Florida. Despite a relatively small population, In 2009 St. Lucie County had the second highest percentage of African American women with AIDS in Florida.
   
  
     
  
Lania Tintin, center, turns away as his 3-year-old daughter, Lavada Jean is worked on by Sarah Franklin, left, of Stuart, physician's assistant Brian Ridgley, of Stuart, and nurse Lois Sherry at the field hospital in Petit Goave, Haiti. Lavada was having seizures associated with cerebral malaria and the three were working to rehydrate her so they could attempt to treat her malaria.From the story - HAITI: After the Earthquake
   
Philemon, 13, helps his mother, Rezilia, walk out of the mobile clinic in Papette. She is a single mother with 4 children and now has a broken foot after a block fell on her during the earthquake. She lost 2 relatives and her home in the disaster and cannot work as a result of the injury. "Please pray for me. I don't know how I'll sustain my family," she said. Philemon is the oldest of her children and was given a pep-talk about being responsible for the household when they left the clinic.From the story - HAITI: After the Earthquake
   
From the essay - Camp Gordon.
     
  
The Kemmoune family, from left, Abdel, Clyde (the dog), Diana, Ariana, Lisa and Amber all live in one of the small cabins at Camp Gordon. Lisa cannot keep a job as a result of chronic back pain and a myriad of other health problems that began with a work-related accident in New York where she worked in the subway system. Abdel had been out of work for 5 months, but had recently found a job. Neither have health insurance but are working to get minimal coverage. The family moved to Florida at the suggestion of a doctor, believing that the warm weather may help Lisa's condition, which it did not. They came to live at Camp Gordon as a last resort after falling victim to a housing scam and a lack of a steady income. They hope to move out as soon as possible.From the essay - Camp Gordon.
   
Rebecca Davis looks up at the damage done to the ceiling of the house where she lives in the Laurelwood development in Vero Beach, FL, with her boyfriend, Mark Master after Hurricane Frances made its way through the area. The ceiling in many of the rooms of the house collapsed after the roof took in too much rainwater from hurricane Frances.From the story - Summer Wind
   
The night before Charisma was born, Rob talks on the phone with their obstetrician, Dr. Andrew C. Leavitt, after Diane complained about what felt like a constant contraction. Diane, who was doing everything she could to keep her mind off the pain, argued when Dr. Leavitt told them to go to the hospital immediately. "I hate that place," Diane said that evening. She did not expect to have the baby the next morning, and after spending much of her time in hospitals over the past few months dealing with pregnancy and treatment for breast cancer, it was the last place she wanted to go that night.From the story - Life: a Gift of God's Grace
     
  
Werner Lode, 88, of Sheldon, IA, takes a nap in the front of the large window in his living room after putting his wife, Allie Lode, 84, to bed for a nap. Werner had been caring for Allie at their home since she had a severe stroke at the age of 80.
   
Black Friday at The Treasure Coast Square Mall in Jensen Beach, FL.
   
Indian River Charter High School prom.
     
  
Chase Morris, 23, of Stuart, left, heads back to the upper part of a nearly empty Stuart Beach, while Mike Fidanza, 20, of Jensen Beach, heads into the waves while out skimboarding Wednesday evening in Stuart, FL, with their friend Ryan Bond, 26, of Stuart, not pictured.
   
"I love being out here at night. It's a challenge to be out here in the water with these magnificent animals, not knowing where they are. I'm trying to keep my excitement down because you have to be calm for the shot. You never know what's around the next corner. It'll be exciting," said Larry Friedman, a sales engineer from New Jersey who is also an avid hunter. On the opening evening of the Florida public water alligator season, Friedman and his guides, Lewis Clanton, Chip Hatley and Mickey Miller, headed out into the darkness of the Blue Cypress Water Management area in Indian River County to try to find a trophy alligator.From the Essay - You Are My Sunshine State
   
Nicole Lamb, of Orange City, GA, who was partying in the infield of the Daytona National Speedway during the Daytona 500, shows off her confederate flag belly-button stud.From the Essay - You Are My Sunshine State
     
  
Musical artist Jovi Rockwell.Shot for FADER.