Best Laid Plans….
First of all the headline is a bit misleading. At least in referring to me. There was not much planning that went into trying to photograph the perigee moonrise on Saturday night. My wife, Jenny, said something about it while we where hanging out Saturday morning surfing the web on our laptops. The weather was [...]
Mennonites in Black (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones has published images from the essay I did on an Old Order Mennonite family I had the honor of getting to know while I was still living in Harrisonburg, Virginia and working at the Daily News-Record. For more on the essay: Mennonites in Black (Click here).
Busy Weekend on Capitol Hill (The Wall Street Journal)
The Wall Street Journal picked up 4 of my images from Saturday’s busy day on Capitol Hill for their slideshow on the Dream Act failing to pass in the Senate. Link here: Busy Weekend on Capitol Hill
Senate Fails to Pass DREAM Act, DADT Repealed
Working on the weekend at the Capitol. Lots of big votes going on. The DREAM Act failed a procedural vote in U.S. Senate to halt debate and move to a final vote. The DREAM Act would have created a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants who entered the country as children. The vote failed [...]
Even When It Loses, the Tea Party Can Still Win (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones has picked up a photo of mine for a story on the failed attempt in the Senate to ban earmarks. The photo, shot at the “elevator stakeout” at the Capitol outside of the Senate Chambers, is of moderate Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe who had voted against the earmark moratorium in March but [...]
Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch create ‘iNewspaper’
The Guardian is reporting that Rupert Murdoch, head of the News Corp, and Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, are about to unveil a new digital ‘newspaper’ at the end of this month. The “newspaper,” is designed exclusively for new tablet-style computers such as Apple’s iPad. “According to reports, there will be no ‘print [...]
An Appointed Senator Looks Back, and Ahead (Newsweek)
Newsweek has a story on Sen. George LeMieux (R-FL), who will be returning to Florida after Marco Rubio’s win. They used a photo I shot earlier this year. The story, which is very interesting, can be found on www.newsweek.com.
Ethics Trial Ends, Charlie Rangel Awaits Fate (Politico)
I covered Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) appearing before an Adjudicatory Subcommittee hearing For Politico. The hearing is to determine whether any alleged ethics violations he committee can be proven by clear and convincing evidence. Although it was expected to last a week, the schedule changed when he left the hearing after the ethics panel rejected [...]
‘We Just Don’t Know’ (Newsweek)
Newsweek has used a photo I shot recently of Gen. Peter Chiarelli, vice chief of staff of the Army, as he testifed on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Services committee hearing on the progress in preventing military suicides and challenges in detection and care of the invisible wounds of war. The photo accompanies a [...]
Climate Denier Ron Johnson Topples Russ Feingold (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones used an image of mine from earlier this year for a story about how conservative businessman Ron Johnson, the Wisconsin GOP candidate, defeated “Senate liberal legend” Russ Feingold. For the story click here: Climate Denier Ron Johnson Topples Russ Feingold (Mother Jones).
Tea Party Rally for Christine O’Donnell
I traveled to Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday to cover what as hopefully to be a rally for the Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate, Christine O’Donnell with Sarah Palin leading the show. Turns out the “rumors” were untrue and Palin was a no-show. An event that started looking like a nice rally with good access, turned [...]
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held a rally on the National Mall Saturday before a cheering throng of supporters. The “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” carried the message of Americans turning their backs on hate and working together to make the world a better place. Please visit my archives to see more images from [...]
Tea Party Activists (Time Magazine)
Time Magazine picked up this image of a pair of Tea Party Activists in revolutionary period costumes at a recent rally in Washington D.C. The photo ran on the letters to the editor page of the magazine.
Senate Outsourcing Bill Stalls (Wall Street Journal)
I have come to learn that you never know what may catch an editor’s eye when they are looking for an image to illustrate a story. Yesterday was a bit of a slow day on Capitol Hill and I was hanging out outside the Senate chamber waiting for Senators to arrive for a vote on [...]
Stephen Colbert Testifies About Immigration on Capitol Hill
Stephen Colbert – Images by Pete Marovich Well today was interesting. I mean it is not every day that your get to hear a witness in a Congressional Hearing talk about corn packing to a congressman from Iowa. Stephen Colbert was on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, [...]
Tea Party vs. Enviros: Who’s the Bigger Terror Threat? (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones has used a photo of mine from the 9-12 March on Washington for a story discussing Tea Party and Environmental extremists. Read the story on Mother Jones web site here: Tea Party vs. Enviros: Who’s the Bigger Terror Threat?
Marching Against “Tyranny”
I spent the last two days covering the Tea Party marches and protest rallies in Washington, D.C. The Saturday consisted of a 9-11 memorial service on the National Mall followed by a march down Constitution Avenue and then a rally back at the site of the memorial service. In between all of that, I covered [...]
Marcus Bleasdale on Working in Conflict Zones
There is a great interview on the Guardian’s website with VII photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale on how and why he works in conflict zones. There was a time, many many moons ago, when I thought this would be something that I wanted to do. I think when we are younger we feel more indestructible. As much [...]
Sometimes All You Have to do is Wait
I had some time to kill before an assignment near the White House and decided to swing by and see if there might be some sort of protest. There always seems to be someone there protesting something. I was disappointed to see nothing was happening so I headed across Pennsylvania Ave. to Lafayette Park looking [...]
Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally
On the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, radio host Glenn Beck kicked off his “Restoring Honor” rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washinton, D.C. The event, which Beck called a non-partisan event, featured Sarah Palin.
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 [...]
H Street
I have started work on a personal project about a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. I am still in the research/recon part of the project, trying to meet people in the area and getting the lay of the land. I have shot a few images. Not sure if I like them and not sure if I [...]
D.C. Football Coach Natalie Randolph (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.
Racer Girl
Amanda Fortney – Images by Pete Marovich In 2009 I went to the Shenandoah Valley Speedway to shoot a story for the Daily News-Record about a young local boy that was racing at the track on the weekends. While I was there, this hot pink race car caught my eye. When a blond teenager climbed [...]
