Detroit, MI, USA
$450 - $850 / Day
Razi Jafri is a Detroit-based multimedia journalist, documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on ethnicity, religion, culture, immigration, democracy, and the changing cultural landscape in America. His current projects include a documentary film called Hamtramck, USA which explores democracy in a small industrial town in the American midwest. Another film called Loyalty, which follows the story of three Muslim chaplains in the US military. He is also currently working on a long term documentary photography project called "Halal Metropolis" which explores Muslim visibility and identity in Southeast Michigan. The work is part of an interdisciplinary exhibition series by the same name that is currently being shown and scheduled to show at multiple sites and galleries across the Metro Detroit region. Razi attended the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and received a Bachelor's degree in engineering and worked as an engineer for many years but made a major career change to pursue documentary work and journalism. Razi's work has been featured in National Geographic, National Public Radio, the Detroit Free Press and Michigan Radio. He was previously a fellow in the Documenting Detroit Fellowship in documentary photography and photojournalism. Most recently he was named a member of the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrants Artists Mentorship Program.
Produced for National Geographic Partners LLC
An Intimate Look at how the Virus Upended our Lives. Photographers in five countries show how COVID-19 became a painful, shared experience around the world.
Produced for National Geographic Partners LLC
For this multimedia story on Muslims in America, I worked as a story producer, consultant, fixer, copywriter for captions, and as a videographer. I traveled as a field producer with Leila Fadel and Lynsey Addario for the project. The story was published in April of 2018.
For this story, I was reported, wrote, and photographed for this article.
Produced for Eater
COVID impact on local restaurants and businesses in Dearborn.
Produced for National geographic digital website
Remembering Lives Lost: COVID’s Toll Watch emotional testimonies from people in three hard-hit areas of the United States who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 or its complications.
Produced for NPR
This was a story I did audio recordings and photography on regarding a vigil that was being held on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The vigil was broken up due to an active shooter threat, so the coverage went from being about the vigil to the active shooter threat. The threat was ultimately a false alarm. I worked with NPR journalist Laila Fadel.
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