“I wasn’t really a big fan of government when I was working as a freelancer, I was very skeptical, but when I stepped in I saw the incredible amount of work…and it was insane, and it was overwhelming…these people are doing so much work and sacrificing everything.” Edwin Torres is the Deputy Digital Director for Governor Murphy’s Office in New Jersey. Before that he was a staff photographer for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and before that, Edwin was a freelance photojournalist. In 2016, he was the lead photographer and contributed reporting in a Pulitzer Prize winning story with ProPublica and the New York Daily News for public service, honoring their joint investigation on abuses in the New York City Police Department’s enforcement of the nuisance abatement law.He is a member of the Bronx Photo League which is part of The Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) and is published in book titled the Jerome Avenue Worker’s Project by the Bronx Documentary Center. We talk about his past and his newfound love of New Jersey and more specifically, Trenton. https://www.edwintorrespf.com/ https://www.instagram.com/edwintorresphoto/ https://www.facebook.com/edwin.torres.79827
