As a photojournalist shooting a baseball game, I’d never once considered that I could be at great peril…but I’d never photographed a game from this position…from on the mound and behind the pitcher. I stood over the pitcher’s shoulder during his windup watching the batter – his forearms tensed and his gaze narrowly focused on the […]
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From the “Jimmy Carter – Photographs 1970 – 2010” book and platinum print exhibition at TheCameraworkGallery.org . After learning the cost of flying Air Force One on short presidential domestic trips, President Carter ordered that – when possible – smaller, more efficient jets from the Air Force executive fleet would be flown. When used, a […]
Trying to Out Carter Carter
In journalism, one of the things early learned is that a reporter or photographer should dress for the occasion that he or she is covering. If you’re working a State dinner at the White House, the appropriate garb is a tux…or at the minimum – a dark suit. You want to blend in. To be accepted […]