Being Concise
As journalists we are taught to be concise in our storytelling. Our goal is to explain a story as quickly and wholly, or accurately, as possible. I’m reading Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda and the Public Mind, a series of interviews of Chomsky by David Barsamian. Chomsky talks about being criticized for not being concise: The point [...]
N.C. Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic
I’m working on a project about health care for my documentary course. I’ve been trying to cover a broad range of topics and one is dental. Dental is often not included in health coverage and is very expensive. People go for years neglecting their dental hygiene even though dental pain can be one of the [...]
F/22 and Snow
We had a project titled F/22 where we had to photograph 22 things based on a list of 22 words. Here are some of the photos I came out with and the word we were to photograph.Blue 4 a.m. Body art The Letter E Fear From the Hip (not looking through viewfinder) Gross Love Self [...]
Raleigh Rally
Photos shot today, can you believe it? My focus today was light. Don’t steal my pictures. They are copyrighted. For real.
LivingGalapagos.org
Below is a youtube version of my Galapagos project, but I encourage you to visit LivingGalapagos.org because the website is pretty awesome. There is a ton of content on this website about the islands and worth visiting multiple times (you will have to, to see all the content).
action vs reaction
This the the coach of the women’s field hockey team at UNC having a roaring match with a fan.
Protest in Pittsburgh
I went to Pittsburgh with two friends Thursday night and Friday to photograph the protests of the G20 Summit. This is just a couple of images from the protest. The night protest were intense scenes. Police in full riot regalia used smoke, tear gas, rubber bullets and physical force to remove the protesters from the [...]
work in progress…
Two images from a project in progress. I’m not sure if the final will be in black and white or color, I like both.
can't stop, won't stop
I’ve been shooting a lot lately. Below are some, but not all of what’s been going, and others are out-takes from assignments. Betty Bigombe, a former minister of Uganda and peace negotiator, delivers her keynote speech Thursday discussing her mediations between the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group led by Joseph Kony, and the Ugandan [...]
big pictures
I’ve finally made the change to big pictures. This may mean slower uploading of the website, but it shouldn’t be a problem if you pay for an internet connection, which I don’t. So now you don’t need to click on all the little pictures, not that you did before. Kate Gilliam, a junior journalism major, [...]