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Lexi Coon united statesPhoto © Lexi Coon
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While in college, she worked for NPR Baltimore and the local Rehoboth Beach, Delaware newspaper, the Cape Gazette. She later moved on to freelance for the Delaware State News.
Lexi now lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her fiancé, Jordan, and their dog and cat. She works full-time as a community reporter for Starnes Publishing, which creates seven monthly community newspapers in the Birmingham area, although she mainly covers the city of Mountain Brook.
During her free time, she can be found bouldering, spending time outdoors with her dog or working on a long-term documentary photography project with the USAWR wheelchair rugby team.
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This photo was taken at a gay club in Birmingham, Alabama during a recent drag show that is commonly held there. I was a spectator, a member of the audience, who happened to have a camera, and wanted to capture the confidence of the performers and their costumes and their interactions with the audience.about the photographer
Born and raised in Delaware, Lexi graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2015. There, she competed for the UMBC Women's Swim and Dive team, earned a dual degree in Spanish and photography and minored in journalism and biology.While in college, she worked for NPR Baltimore and the local Rehoboth Beach, Delaware newspaper, the Cape Gazette. She later moved on to freelance for the Delaware State News.
Lexi now lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her fiancé, Jordan, and their dog and cat. She works full-time as a community reporter for Starnes Publishing, which creates seven monthly community newspapers in the Birmingham area, although she mainly covers the city of Mountain Brook.
During her free time, she can be found bouldering, spending time outdoors with her dog or working on a long-term documentary photography project with the USAWR wheelchair rugby team.
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