A street photographer has won a legion of fans for his impromptu portraits of cops, firefighters, medics, and anyone in uniform who “works for the public good.”
Nolan Regan boasts over 300,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok where he documents approaching uniform service folks and asking them if he can take their photo. Regan tells“At first it didn’t get much traction,” he explains. “But I kept doing it and kept doing it and one of my family members who is former NYPD mentioned that I should do a police officer.”
Regan, who just turned 20 years old, took his family member’s advice and the post received half a million views. Afterward, he realized “Hey, you know this is actually a really good way to shine a light on the badge and to humanize the badge.” Regan’s family has a history with the NYPD: his aunt worked in Queens and so did his granddad. “My other grandpa was NY State Police in upstate New York,” he adds. “My family history goes back to 1904 in the NYPD.”However, Regan doesn’t just photograph cops. He’s captured portraits of train conductors, pilots, medical professionals, and more in New York City and other locations across the United States.“The general reaction to my requests in the beginning was a bit iffy,” he explains.
Regan says that now he is established the reaction to his work has been positive and he is followed by the families of law enforcement officers.
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