name: fallon robinson
age: 26
preferred pronouns / gender: cisgender female, she/her
sexuality: heterosexual
faceclaim: emily bett rickards
label: the jovial ™
occupation: photojournalist
neighborhood of residence: brooklyn
AESTHETIC
half-empty coffee cups, christmas lights all year round, polaroids and smeared makeup. camera lenses, film, ink stains and filters. poetry books, laughter, partially understood languages and wanderlust.
BIOGRAPHY
trigger warnings below: war, death
PAST
Fallon Robinson was born in San Francisco, California, in the summer of 1991 to two lawyers running their own firm. Fallon was a quiet, reserved child from the beginning, which was only encouraged by the fact that her parents both worked long hours, and rarely had the time to pay her any attention. She first laid hands on a camera at the age of 6, and she found herself endlessly entertained. She spent the next few years learning the most basic things about the camera, and how to take pictures, and eventually her parents bought her a better camera, and signed her up for photography lessons as a way to keep her busy and out of the way of their business. She found herself excelling at everything that was thrown her way, and with her teachers, she was groomed to be a world-renowned photographer. It had taken a trip to an underprivileged area for her to realize that outside of photography, she found herself wanting to tell stories. She wanted those who couldn’t tell their own stories, to be able to show to the world what their reality was like. She spent the rest of her childhood and all through her high school years building a portfolio, drawing attention to as many things in her area as she could before she took off for university.
Going to university, she focused on Photojournalism at Columbia University in New York City. She worked as she took classes, garnering attention from magazines and publications in the city that sought to have her pictures tied in with their stories. It wasn’t long after that, that she started to travel for magazines. She was sent to far off countries for photographs of the sights, but she always came home with a piece on what they could do better - what they could do to help the poor and underprivileged of that society, and what she proposed as a plan. She wrote pieces for underfunded non-profits and those who couldn’t write for themselves, working tirelessly as an advocate for the voiceless. She graduated early, and found herself signing on, voluntarily, to report a piece from the front lines of Afghanistan. Months spent in the desert surrounded by death and terror, gave her another new perspective as she headed off to another country, her camera and laptop in tow.
She could never stay in one place for long, but she found that after the heavy weight of time spent overseas, she needed something lighter. Easier, to recuperate before she headed off on her next great adventure. However, New York City would be her next great adventure. With the times changing, she knew that she could play a part in it, to speak on behalf of those who may not have the presence or ability to speak; to ensure that no voice was lost in an among the other voices that drowned them out, intentionally or not. She knew that the place she would do most good was in her old stomping ground.
PRESENT
Fallon is settled in the Brooklyn, surrounded by like minded people and relishing in the healing comfort of music floating through open windows, and beautiful murals surrounding her on her morning walks around the neighborhood, photographing to her heart’s content. She’s still adjusting to life not only in the United States. She doesn’t hold any resentment towards her parents, who haven’t spoken to her since she uncovered the truth about her parentage and her mother’s affair almost two years ago. She lives on her own, with her small tabby kitten named Fergus, and she focuses on everyone except for herself.
Her goal for her time spent in NYC is to join in on the movements that are happening, and to ensure that each person that is coming forward, anonymous or not, has their story heard and their voice spoken for. She has always been an activist, and she knows that she can assist and do good for many people in the area by providing her assistance to them. She dreams of starting her own company, but she’s too involved in being the photojournalist that she can’t relinquish the time to actually form the company.
PERSONALITY
+ adaptable, compassionate, optimistic
- naive, flighty, loquacious
