Alex Wroblewski

Alex Wroblewski is a photojournalist currently based in Washington, D.C.In 2016 he completed the Thomas Morgan Visual Journalism internship at the New York Times, and was named 2016 Student Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers Association. In 2016 he also placed first in the International Picture Story category in the College Photographer of the Year contest.His clients include Getty Images, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, and Thomson Reuters among others.

On Wednesday, the entire Island of Puerto Rico lost power. But before Wednesday's outage, after nearly eight months post-Hurricane Maria, 11 percent of the island was still living in darkness — including this apartment building in Coamo.`

Lights are out in Puerto Rico again. But for some, the power’s been out since Hurricane Maria.

April 19, 2018Conflict

Puerto Rico’s power company said it had restored power to over 1.1 million homes and businesses by Thursday morning after an islandwide blackout. But prior to the blackout, more than 44,000 Puerto Ricans were without electricity — nearly eight months after Hurricane Maria.