This collection of Black History Month portraits celebrates Las Vegas’ dynamic and inspiring African-American community.
Benjamin Hager
Photographer/Videographer
Email: bhager@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 582-3211
Benjamin Hager is a visual journalist for the Review-Journal. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in photojournalism, and has worked as a staffer for the past 10 years at publications in Arizona, Texas, Florida and Utah, before arriving in Nevada. He took a two-year hiatus from journalism to tour with the Harlem Globetrotters as their director of photography, and managed the photo programs for the House of Blues, Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars.
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A lone climber is silhouetted against the sunset at Cannibal Crag in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Wednesday.
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