New ZUMA Advertisement
Recognition is always nice. So when I opened the august issue of News Photographer Magazine, I was thrilled to see an advertisement for ZUMA Press, the agency that represents me, with one of my photographs. ZUMA is all about doing photos big when they use them. Whether it is in their advertisements or in their [...]
D.C. Football Coach Natalie Randolph in Oprah Magazine
The printed edition of Oprah magazine picked up a photo of D.C. football coach Natalie Randolph in a recent issue. Randolph is believed to be the nation’s only female head coach of a high school varsity team. This is her first season as coach of Coolidge High Schools’s Colts in Washington, D.C.
Reid Delays Vote on Oil Spill Until September at Earliest (Washington Independent)
The Washington Independent used a photo I shot of Majority Leader Harry Reid from a press conference last week. Link: The Washington Indenpendent
Senate Democrats to introduce energy bill – Mother Nature Network
The Mother Nature Network picked up a photo of mine from a recent press conference when Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters that republicans continue to block climate legislation. Click here for the story on The Mother Nature Network.
For Oil Spill Victims, Fair Compensation Requires a Crystal Ball (Washington Independent)
While shooting Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the BP Oil Spill Victim Compensation Fund, as he testified before congress the other day, I played around with some strange in-camera cropping. I was not sure if it worked and I am still undecided, but apparently The Washington Independent like one of them since they used it [...]
As Reid Prepares Energy Bill, Emissions Cap in Doubt (Washington Independent)
The Washington Independent picked up a photo from the weekly stakeout after the weekly caucus lunches. The stakeout happens every Tuesday and although it is very predictable and repetitive, it never ceases to amaze me how many times these photos are used. Click here for the Link to the Washington Independent story.
Finance Bill Close to Passage in Senate (Wall Street Journal)
The Wall Street Journal recently used a photo of mine in a story online and in the printed edition. It was actually a photo taken in April. Online version can be found on the Wall Street Journal website (Click Here).
How Barney Frank Forged a Financial Reform Bill (TIME)
TIME recently picked up an image of mine of Rep. Barney Frank from the financial reform bill negotiations in Congress. Click here for the story on TIME.com.
Halliburton: Oil Spill Fall Guy? (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones online picked up one of my images from the Deepwater Horizon disaster hearings on Capitol Hill. Read the Mother Jones Story here.
Wall Street Journal Online – Oil Spill Blame Game
A couple of my images made the Wall Street Journal slideshow about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill hearings on Capitol Hill as well as one on the WSJ Photos of the Day Blog.
TIME MAGAZINE – Quotes of the Day
“Somebody who wants to burn their passport, well, let’s help them along. ” SCOTT BROWN – Republican senator of Massachusetts and co-sponsor of the Terrorist Expatriation Act, a bill that would allow Washington to revoke U.S. citizenship from people suspected of providing support to terrorists. LINK TO TIME MAGAZINE
Demi Moore Speaks Out on 'Dirty Little Secret' – (People Magazine)
Demi Moore, spoke at a briefing on Domestic Sex Trafficking of Children, in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. Published in People Magazine.
Did Ex-Mortgage Guru Lie Under Oath? (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones story about how Goldman’s ex-mortgage exec. Daniel Sparks told Congress he didn’t expect a group of financial products to fail. Internal documents suggest he knew otherwise. Read the story here: Did Goldman’s Ex-Mortgage Guru Lie Under Oath?
BURNED
BURNED In 2008 U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,451,500 fires. These fires resulted in 3,320 civilian fire fatalities, 16,705 civilian fire injuries and an estimated $15,478,000,000 in direct property loss. (The direct property loss includes the California Wildfires 2008 with an estimated property loss of $1,400,000,000.) There was a civilian fire death every 158 minutes and a [...]
Execution of an American Terrorist
John Allen Muhammad’s final appeal for clemency from Virginia Governor Tim Kaine failed and he was executed by lethal injection at Virginia’s death chamber in Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt Tuesday night. Muhammad masterminded a wave of random shootings that left 10 people dead and terrorized the Washington region for more than three weeks in [...]
Three Funerals in Two Days
Friday began with a funeral and ended with another. The day before I had covered another one. It was three too many. Thursday’s funeral was for 5-year-old Kaylee Whetzel. Friday morning’s funeral was for her mother, Allaina Taylor, 39, and the afternoon funeral was for her stepfather Dennis “Chip” Taylor, 36. The three were found [...]
Fallen Marine
One of the hardest things to have to shoot as a newspaper photographer is a funeral. Even harder can be going to the home of a fallen soldier to do photos of the grief-stricken family. It is a bit easier when you are accompanied on the assignment with the writer. They kind of act as [...]
