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Ryan Garza

Staff Photographer at Detroit Free Press

Emmy award-winning photojournalist at the Detroit Free Press. Flint raised vegan documenting Michigan.

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  • 1 month ago | freep.com | Ryan Garza

    Ryan GarzaApprentice Riley Farris, right, 20, of Flint, works on a customer’s Ford F-150 Raptor in for service at LaFontaine Ford Grand Blanc in Flint on Monday, March 3, 2025. Ford is adding $4 million more to its fund to award scholarships to students to study becoming a service technician. It is key to solving a nationwide shortage that is expected to worsen.

  • 2 months ago | freep.com | Ryan Garza

    Ryan GarzaSolomon Kinloch, Jr. shakes hands of supporters after speaking to a crowd on stage at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, while announcing he will be running for the Detroit mayoral position. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free PressSolomon Kinloch, Jr. and his wife Robin Kinloch join together on stage after he spoke to a crowd at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, while announcing he will be running for the Detroit mayoral position.

  • 2 months ago | freep.com | Ryan Garza

    As the numbing wind whipped across the slopes of Otsego Resort in Gaylord, Wadette Bradford,, of Birmingham and her daughter Kensington Moorehead made it just in time to board a small bus for the bumpy shuttle ride, winding along a snow-covered trail, back to the top for their afternoon ski lesson. For people of color, Bradford said, "Nontraditional sports like skiing can be lonely. You have people who have the resources to ski, but they’re there, and they’re alone.

  • 2 months ago | freep.com | Ryan Garza

    Ryan GarzaKensington Moorehead, left, 6, of Birmingham, reacts to the feeling after Dorian Hence, right, 74, of Belleville, helps put hand warmers in her gloves as Michael Thomas, center, 61, of Detroit, looks on as they take a break from skiing during a casual ski outing with some members of the Detroit-based Jim Dandy Ski Club at the Otsego Resort in Gaylord on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

  • 2 months ago | pdclarion.com | Ryan Garza

    The Detroit Lions on Thursday announced the hiring of John Morton as offensive coordinator and the promotion of Kelvin Sheppard to defensive coordinator. Terms of their respective contracts were not disclosed by the Lions. Morton, 55, replaces Ben Johnson, who was hired as the head coach of the Chicago Bears. Sheppard, 37, was elevated from linebackers coach to replace Aaron Glenn, now head coach of the New York Jets.

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Ryan Garza
Ryan Garza @ryangarzafreep
25 Oct 22

Supporters of both candidates for the Michigan gubernatorial race stand outside of the Second debate against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Tudor Dixon. https://t.co/GOW8odZYt8

Ryan Garza
Ryan Garza @ryangarzafreep
20 Jan 21

Gulf War Veteran Don Atkinson of Clinton Township stands outside of Michigan’s Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan during Inauguration Day on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. https://t.co/jH0DW7Rutr

Ryan Garza
Ryan Garza @ryangarzafreep
17 Jan 21

Boogaloo Boys members talk during a protest outside of the Michigan State Capitol building in downtown Lansing on Sunday, January 17, 2021. https://t.co/2TKrBMUKwl