Archive for August, 2010

the man who is going to burn the koran on sept. 11th

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

This man is planning on burning copies of the Koran on September 11th. Pastor Terry Jones. Not sure what else to say beyond that, because to be honest, I’m not even sure where to start.  Instead I’ll just pass on this link to Damien Cave’s story in The New York Times I shot this for. [...]

accidental rothko | the book

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

It is with great pleasure that I get to announce my foray into the self-publishing world with the release of the Accidental Rothko book with over 60 pages of saturated goodness for only $55.00 ($75 hardcover).  It is available now in hard and softcover over on Blurb, so go check it out:  here. For those [...]

tipping point

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

I feel like a Wallenda. Constantly on a thin wire, tip-toeing along.  Trying to make images that my newspaper can run and ones I like.  Nik Walleda had another trick last night – balancing atop 70 ft. swaypoles in the middle of St. Armand’s Circle – at one point switching poles while swaying back and [...]

a call to arms – photojournalism is not dead

Friday, August 13th, 2010

It’s not just stuff. I drive by this house everyday.  Every day.  They lived a a few blocks over from me.  Until they got notice of foreclosure and the locks were being changed.  Donald and Teresa Beardsley have lived in this home with the decaying Virgin Mary statue out front for 30 years. And like [...]

shuck and awe

Friday, August 6th, 2010

I did something the other night I haven’t done in a while. Slept in my trunk. I did that more than a few times in college for shoots, but that was when I had a Jeep with plenty of cargo room.  I have a VW now.  It’s a lot harder to do and a bit [...]