Archive for the 'photojournalism industry' Category

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 [...]

haiti

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Generally, I try to keep the blog self-serving.  I might have 2, perhaps 3, readers (thanks mom, dad, and refresh browser).  I’m sitting here at 6:00am in my boxers with my daughters watching “Yo Gabba Gabba” on a flatscreen television.  I can go to the fridge and choose between bottled water, the filtered water out [...]