https://www.elisabethmaria.ca/contact daily 0.75 2024-03-12 https://www.elisabethmaria.ca/stories daily 0.75 2025-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/7858659b-7cd9-448d-acfe-d0803a2fadf7/39_UrbanWild_0811-900px.jpg writing A Nashville hot chicken sandwich at Urban Wild in Charlestown, MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/c7add3a3-a398-4b29-89d3-244153ab047c/COVER.jpg writing March 2022 — Solar panels on the roof of Casa Sol, a sustainable hotel in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Taken for Portraits of Puerto Rico, a Northeastern University global journalism project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/291415a1-4594-40a0-a409-d738ee3bf579/19_UrbanWild_0811-900px.jpg writing A whimsical (and huge) cake served at Urban Wild in Charlestown, MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/e7afec22-5be7-41c2-9726-84fc00e49344/Eddie_Tisha.jpg writing March 2022 — The owners of Casa Sol, a sustainable hotel in Puerto Rico's Old San Juan, posing together in their lobby. Taken for Portraits of Puerto Rico, a Northeastern University global journalism project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/3c0aaf6e-b75a-4d68-ad70-e1a70cf1811e/25_UrbanWild_0811-900px.jpg writing Chips and elote dip, popcorn chicken, poke nachos and a classic pepperoni pizza, photographed at Urban Wild in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/8a770bd7-6771-469c-8e58-c16433a1d46b/01_LIZ_corals_0314.jpg writing March 2022 — Signs showing support for the conservation of Tres Palmas Marine Reserve, a protected patch of coral reef on Puerto Rico's west coast. Taken for Portraits of Puerto Rico, a Northeastern University global journalism project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/e33c7f80-c649-4d33-a421-6e13c7c1a2ef/brick-street-bagels-elisabeth-hadjis-2-900px.jpg writing Brick Street Bagels, a local South End bagel pop-up, took social media by storm. This was during their December pop-up at Frenchie Wine Bistro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/85156daf-cd78-4350-a881-f25452ed091e/tres-pic.jpg writing March 2022 — The entrance to the Tres Palmas Marine Reserve, a protected coastal area in Puerto Rico's west coast, near Rincon. Taken for Portraits of Puerto Rico, a Northeastern University global journalism project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/540801ea-d408-49bb-a3c4-f8e5c9530255/sip-of-joy-elisabeth-hadjis-4-900px.jpg writing Turkish coffee and a locally-made blueberry cake at Sip of Joy, the South End's newest family-run cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/b78cdb2c-3d58-41eb-a59d-46272abcd0fc/03_LIZ_corals_0314.jpg writing March 2022 — A piece of bleached coral on a beach in western Puerto Rico. Taken for Portraits of Puerto Rico, a Northeastern University global journalism project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/941b2869-8175-4feb-91a7-4ce450156431/sip-of-joy-elisabeth-hadjis-5-900px.jpg writing Sip of Joy Café owner Matt Sari serves guests with a smile on a sunny morning in Boston's South End. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/8dad58e4-4155-46c2-9a90-a9ad4dddec96/05_LIZ_corals_0314.jpg writing March 2022 — A surfboard at Playa Maria commemorating the 1968 World Surfing Championship, which took place in Rincon and launched Puerto Rican surf culture. Taken for Portraits of Puerto Rico, a Northeastern University global journalism project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/b3d89b2f-b320-4c61-ae37-987ab64f9c85/sip-of-joy-elisabeth-hadjis-2-900px.jpg writing Quiche and Turkish breads captured at Sip of Joy in Boston's South End. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/e0d86882-6f1f-4807-afbe-b103b087bd2b/HEADER-PIC-2.jpg writing March 2022 — At Playa Maria in Rincon, Puerto Rico, locals hit the beach for a post-work swim or surf. The area is a popular destination for surfers from around the world. Taken for Portraits of Puerto Rico, a Northeastern University global journalism project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/73f0c5e4-b6c1-460b-a3fc-91edef02de59/IMG_2765-1.jpg writing January 2023 — Activists gather at East Boston's Condor Urban Wild to protest the construction of a new Eversource electric substation, nicknamed the Eastie Substation. This protester, and several others, were repeatedly arrested by BPD for attending actions on the construction site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/7c81cec2-4579-4ba6-b25d-f276e05529a9/12_LittleAmal_0907.jpg writing September 2023 — Little Amal was a 12-foot-tall puppet travelling around the world, sharing the story of a young Syrian refugee child and raising awareness for displaced peoples. She stopped in Boston for a weekend-long celebration, starting with a parade in the Downtown area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/44a88af5-4553-440a-a8a5-fde9545b61cd/04_LittleAmal_0907.jpg writing September 2023 — Little Amal was a 12-foot-tall puppet travelling around the world, sharing the story of a young Syrian refugee child and raising awareness for displaced peoples. She stopped in Boston for a weekend-long celebration, starting with a parade in the Downtown area. Dancers kicked off the outdoor event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/8a98a645-c09a-4be5-b86e-202e4de059d2/21_LittleAmal_0907.jpg writing September 2023 — Little Amal was a 12-foot-tall puppet travelling around the world, sharing the story of a young Syrian refugee child and raising awareness for displaced peoples. She stopped in Boston for a weekend-long celebration, starting with a parade in the Downtown area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/93adceb2-844b-4ade-875c-3914fe887db9/07_LittleAmal_0907.jpg writing September 2023 — Little Amal was a 12-foot-tall puppet travelling around the world, sharing the story of a young Syrian refugee child and raising awareness for displaced peoples. She stopped in Boston for a weekend-long celebration, starting with a parade in the Downtown area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/ebc4f846-46a5-4bef-a1ed-011f4661bea3/17_LittleAmal_0907.jpg writing September 2023 — Little Amal was a 12-foot-tall puppet travelling around the world, sharing the story of a young Syrian refugee child and raising awareness for displaced peoples. She stopped in Boston for a weekend-long celebration, starting with a parade in the Downtown area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/66448fe1-2cff-458c-95ff-db1059f349a2/15_LittleAmal_0907-1200x800.jpg writing September 2023 — Little Amal was a 12-foot-tall puppet travelling around the world, sharing the story of a young Syrian refugee child and raising awareness for displaced peoples. She stopped in Boston for a weekend-long celebration, starting with a parade in the Downtown area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/34222cf2-dfdc-42b8-816b-754cc9e6f680/24_LittleAmal_0907.jpg writing September 2023 — Little Amal was a 12-foot-tall puppet travelling around the world, sharing the story of a young Syrian refugee child and raising awareness for displaced peoples. She stopped in Boston for a weekend-long celebration, starting with a parade in the Downtown area. The parade ended at the Chinatown gate, where Amal and guests were met with performances from several cultural groups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/93f57a8c-0c4e-4c30-b9b7-293baabb5315/IMG_2782.jpg writing January 2023 — Activists gather at East Boston's Condor Urban Wild to protest the construction of a new Eversource electric substation, nicknamed the Eastie Substation. This protester, and several others, were repeatedly arrested by BPD for attending actions on the construction site. https://www.elisabethmaria.ca/photojournalism-bookstores daily 0.75 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/209c25f9-0d5a-4a54-8ca8-1e5f96e3969d/02_Bookstore+Final+Project_1126.jpg photojournalism Boston, MA: Nov. 26, 2022 — Established in 1825, the Brattle Book Shop is one of the country’s oldest book shops. Nestled between two restaurants in Boston’s Downtown neighborhood, the store features a selection of 250,000 used and rare books, maps and prints spread out among three floors. Outside, there’s even more for book lovers to explore: in an outdoor lot next to the shop, The Brattle offers hundreds of sale and clearance books, all priced below $5. (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/49d4ab10-c755-4418-8e90-342a031a67d9/01_Bookstore+Final+Project_1126.jpg photojournalism Boston, MA: Nov. 26, 2022 — Hart Lidov, a neuropathologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and professor at Harvard University, visits The Brattle Book Shop nearly every Saturday to browse the store’s inventory of secondhand and rare books — a selection which he believes is unique to this location. “It’s sort of a treasure hunt,” Lidov says. “You sometimes find really amazing, unusual things that you can’t find online, and you can’t really find any place else.” (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/09dd4d64-1c52-4ca2-98b4-fbf3661ff0b5/03_Bookstore+Final+Project_1126.jpg photojournalism Boston, MA: Nov. 26, 2022 — Since graduating from a creative writing program at Emerson College four years ago, Rory Prior has worked as a bookseller at The Brattle Book Shop. In their opinion, customers return to independent bookstores like this one because of the shopping experience these stores create. “You know, in Barnes and Noble, you kind of tend to go with a task at hand, like an errand to finish,” Prior says. “[At The Brattle] it’s just not as commercial and it’s a bit more personal.” (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/1aa4c0ee-d046-4836-9728-1831ec915b5c/04_Bookstore+Final+Project_1126.jpg photojournalism Boston, MA: Nov. 26, 2022 — On The Brattle Book Shop’s top floor, Bill Johnston, manager of Commonwealth Books, examines a collection of vintage books. Located within an 8 minute walk of each other, both Commonwealth and The Brattle are independent sellers specializing in antique and uncommon finds, including leather-bound tomes, rare maps and comic books. (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/bd785119-290a-4071-9fc0-85c5b324aa5c/10_Bookstore+Final+Project_1203.jpg photojournalism Boston, MA: Nov. 26, 2022 —Commonwealth Books employee Eric Showag prepares to serve customers on a Saturday evening. A Downtown Boston landmark for over two decades, Commonwealth is one of the city’s most popular used bookstores. While its offerings are similar to other neighborhood spots, including The Brattle Book Shop a few blocks away, Showag stresses that there’s room for all in this city’s independent bookstore space. “We all make up a different piece of the puzzle,” he says. (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/873adb45-012a-4611-a827-b3686ef3d721/11_Bookstore+Final+Project_1203.jpg photojournalism Boston, MA: Dec. 3, 2022 — A customer sifts through Commonwealth Books’ large collection of antique maps. Located on the historic Spring Lane, the shop has been a popular institution for bibliophiles and rare print enthusiasts since launching in 1993. It also makes up one of 12 bookstores in the Boston-Cambridge area specializing in antiquarian collectibles, as registered under the Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers directory. (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/087b7d60-3a3e-4e8e-90a2-154a1757796c/07_Bookstore+Final+Project_1203.jpg photojournalism Cambridge, MA: Dec. 3, 2022 — Staff recommendations, printed on laminated pieces of white cardstock and placed among floor-to-ceiling shelves, are common practice in independent businesses like Harvard Book Store. Locally owned since 1932, Harvard Book Store focuses on stocking a diverse selection of new, used and remaindered books — including those put out by little-known authors and publishing houses. “I would argue with anybody that we’re the best curated bookstore in the greater Boston area,” says Mark Lamphier, the store’s manager. “We cast a wide net.” (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/6e560b77-5c74-4d52-8fe9-aefde5e5f7b2/09_Bookstore+Final+Project_1203.jpg photojournalism Cambridge, MA: Dec. 3, 2022 — Harvard Book Store manager Mark Lamphier oversees a team of staff on a busy Saturday afternoon. In 2023, the independent bookseller will expand across the river to Back Bay, replacing Barnes and Noble as the Prudential Center’s resident bookstore. (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/6fa5fa8c-969c-414d-b6f3-bedbf94e737b/08_Bookstore+Final+Project_1203.jpg photojournalism Cambridge, MA: Dec. 3, 2022 — Eulasha Tisnovsky, an economics student at Tufts University in Medford, visits independent bookshops to spend some down-time and browse the inventory. On a rainy Saturday in Cambridge, she took shelter from the bad weather in Harvard Book Store’s children’s section. The shop’s manager, Mark Lamphier, believes students like Tisnovsky play a role in his company’s continued success, even after two years of pandemic-related changes within the book retail industry. “We have a big sale every fall for our frequent buyer cards,” he says, referring to the store’s customer loyalty program. “[This year,] I was struck by the number of younger folks, 30 and under.” (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/0898e617-ffb8-4c1d-b67c-8e23e9221c02/06_Bookstore+Final+Project_1203.jpg photojournalism Boston, MA: Dec. 3, 2022 — Newton North High School sophomores Lucia Campbell and Uma Katz often spend their free time on the weekend at bookstores, including Trident Booksellers and Café, where they enjoy shopping for unique gifts and taking photos for their social media. Beth Ineson, executive director of the New England Independent Booksellers Association, says the growth of the independent bookselling business in the region can be attributed, in part, to young readers like Campbell and Katz, as well as book communities on social media platforms. “There’s this generational trend, as Gen Z has started to think about buying books on their own,” Ineson says. “I also think that the rise of TikTok as an influencer, which is targeting that demographic directly, is pushing print books.” (Photo by Elisabeth Hadjis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62cc33324e354d26d7b8e71a/75e134d8-9c58-4732-bb1d-294a3e55d1b3/05_Bookstore+Final+Project_1203.jpg photojournalism Boston, MA: Dec. 3, 2022 — Tucked in the back of Trident Booksellers and Café’s second floor, tiny chairs offer a quiet refuge for young readers perusing the children’s section. 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