A Man Killed Five Amish Girls. Now, His Brother Is Photographing Their Community. – The New York Times

A Man Killed Five Amish Girls. Now, His Brother Is Photographing Their Community.

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Who knows what motivates anyone? For a fledgling photographer like Zachary Tyler Roberts, it was — at first — a desire to reconnect with his creative roots after years making money and drinks tending bars at trendy spots in New York and Stockholm. A little over a year ago, he returned to his childhood home in Lancaster County, Pa., to document this lives of his family and the Amish who live nearby.