The Old Order on Verve Photo
Geoffrey Hiller has posted an image and short write-up about my Old Order Mennonite Story that I did a while back. Nice to be added to the mix of great photographers showcased on his site. See it here: vervephoto.wordpress.com.
Back to the Circus
When I was director of photography at the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va, one of my favorite things to shoot was the Cole Bros. Circus when it came to town. I think it made the rest of the staff happy because nobody wanted to get up at 6 a.m. for the tent raising. Since that [...]
Osama Bin Laden – Dead
People gathered in front of the White House on Monday to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden. Sunday night President Obama, speaking from the East Room of the White House, told the nation that the United States attacked a compound Sunday in Pakistan’s Abbottabad Valley. During a firefight, the U.S. team killed bin Laden, [...]
A Bloody Sunday
I recently had an assignment for a European magazine to photograph a group of guys learning to feed their families by hunting locally. Jackson Landers, of Charlottesville teaches a class called Deer Hunting for Locavores and I was to tag along on the day when they would learn how to field dress, butcher and cook [...]
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).
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 [...]
Alyssa’s Story
Alyssa’s Story – Images by Pete Marovich FROM 2006: Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Currence was looking forward to her senior year at Broadway High School. But instead of a fun-filled year, Alyssa and her family found themselves in the middle of the unknown when Alyssa was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease, a form of cancer, on her first [...]
The Old Order
The Old Order – Images by Pete Marovich The farmlands of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Ontario are among the most productive in North America. Many of the farmers here are different though, but different by choice. They are the Old Order Mennonites, sometimes called the ‘Plain People,’ they trace their heritage back hundreds of [...]
National Clip Winner
I just found out that a photo story I did when I was back at the Daily News-Record won second place in the NPPA National Clip Contest. SWEET! The essay was a collection of photos of items that the local firefighters had recovered from fire scenes. I posted the essay on this site a few [...]
Marching on “Imperialism”
On the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, protestors marched from Lafayette Park across from the White House through downtown Washington D.C., Saturday carrying flag-draped cardboard coffins and signs calling for thto end to all wars and to “Indict Bush Now.” More images from the demonstration including the Arlington Midwest exhibit on the National [...]
Blizzard of 2010 – Part 2
Blizzard of 2010 Part 2 – Images by Pete Marovich Well I ventured out into the storm today to see what I could find near my home. Here are some of the images from downtown Herndon and Dulles Airport. The snow has stopped now but the winds are pretty strong.
Snowmageddon
“Oh the weather outside is frightful….” Well, we have been here officially one week and just like on moving day last Saturday, it is snowing. This time, just like the news keeps saying, it is an epic and maybe historic snowfall. It is not really safe or conceivable to make it into D.C. for photos, [...]
IMPACT ONLINE EXHIBITION: A Look Inside The Old Order
Welcome to the new IMPACT online exhibition, a project exploring the internet as a venue for insightful photographic work. In an effort to remind viewers of the important role photographers play around the world, we invited an array of imagemakers to share galleries on their blogs (like this one) that comprise 12 images representing an [...]
Moving to D.C.
Well, the time has come for a change. It may seem strange to voluntarily leave my job as director of photography at a newspaper for a freelance career, especially in this economy, but I feel the time has come to move on to be able to work on personal projects. My wife, Jenny, and I [...]
Merry Christmas 2009
Been busy with the holiday and a final edit of my essay on an Old Order Mennonite family, but I thought I would post this image taken on Christmas night looking out of our living room window. The reflection is our Christmas tree. Happy Holidays Everyone!
Youthful Curiosity
Photographing kids can be as challenging as it can be fun. Fun because it is usually easy photographs and lets be honest, what can be more fun than hanging out with children when you are supposed to be working? The challenge is getting them to forget you are there. Not every child likes to be [...]
Sleeping Cadets (Redux)
Back in October when I as redesigning my website, I posted a photo I had taken from a graduation ceremony at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va. It was a bit of an amusing photo of non-graduating cadets in the audience and some of them had nodded off to sleep. Funny, but not uncommon at [...]
James Madison vs Norfolk St. Basketball
Here are some photos from the James Madison men’s basketball game against Norfolk St. on Wednesday night at the James Madison University Convocation Center in Harrisonburg. JMU won the game 72-64. It was pretty close for the first half but then JMU separated themselves a bit and kept about am 8 point advantage for most [...]
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 [...]
About the Burned Essay
I got the idea to photograph items from fires while covering the Harrisonburg Fire Department’s fire safety education display exhibited at the Valley Mall in the city each year. I was struck by how many of the items look like some sort of modern art, even thought I know a tragedy was responsible for the weirdly [...]
Harrisonburg High School Stumbles
First of all it was COLD and WINDY. And it was DARK. This was the first football game where we tested the ability of the NIKON D700 in low light. Of course we have played around with it, but this was the first live shoot where we shot at ISO 6400. I have to say, [...]
JMU vs Towson Football
James Madison’s football team clinched its sixth straight winning season beating Towson 43-12 on Saturday in the final game of the season at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Va. This photo is featured in the New York Times college football slideshow on their website for November 21, 2009 - Click here.
JMU vs Georgetown Women’s Basketball
Here are some more images from the James Madison – Georgetown women’s basketball game. The Dukes upset the Hoyas in their season home opener in Harrisonburg, Va. Wednesday night.
