The Invisibles: Sanctuary City is a graphic commentary exploring the intersection of New York City’s recent migrant arrivals and its unhoused population. Utilizing the highcontrast aesthetic of two-color Risograph printing, the series renders these individuals in vivid "comic book" halftones. This strategy sets them against a neutral, fading urban metropolis where they are largely ignored by passersby. By co-opting the language of comic serials—which traditionally reduce injustices to a battle between "good and evil"—the work illuminates our collective fears, prejudices, and systemic shortfalls. 

The source photographs, captured between 2023 and 2024 at the height of NYC's migrant crisis, are presented in three distinct formats to mirror the complexity of the issue. First, a 28-page artist book leverages the Risograph's history as a democratic, reproducible medium. Reminiscent of Street News—the 1980s newspaper sold by unhoused individuals—this zine functions as a portable narrative for wide distribution. Second, photopolymer monoprint portraits translate quick photographic snapshots into tactile, ink-on-paper artifacts, demanding an intimate encounter and the viewer’s sustained attention. 

Finally, the body of work culminates in a monumental 60” x 42” tiled installation. Designed as a large-scale collage pinned to the wall, it evokes the ubiquitous flyer notice boards passed daily in the city, transforming ignored individual stories into an unavoidable public record. Following its exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, this body of work was acquired for the permanent collections of both the Brooklyn Museum and the New-York Historical Society, cementing these narratives into the permanent historical archive of the city.