Public Radio correspondent Anna King and I hit the road last month to find some of the more interesting stories in the back country of Eastern Oregon. We were beyond excited when we stumbled upon a traditional head and hoofs branding at Martin Thompson’s ranch.
|
In Seattle University’s most recent magazine is a four-page spread of donors who have given back to their school. The photo was the idea of Seattle University photographer Chris Taylor and we worked together to build this image from seven different separate photographs made over the course of a day. We weren’t able to coordinate a time that worked for everyone, so we had them stop by as they could and stitched the image together afterward. The first page is actually a combination of three separate photos while the second two-page spread contains four images. All in all, the Photoshop work took about 8 hours and used a series of layers and additional shading to replicate the natural look of a single image.
no comments
Last year I met John Babcock on the day he turned 109, along with a gaggle of journalists watching his every move that day. He wasn’t much for the spotlight, but he endured it, humoring the media onslaught that sought his picture every July. On Thursday, a few months short of his 110th birthday, John “Jack” Babcock died in Spokane where he had lived since 1932. In a small ceremony he was remembered by his grandchildren and honored by top Canadian dignitaries. Canada’s Minister of Veterans Affairs Jean-Pierre Blackburn presented his widow Dorothy with a Canadian flag that flew over the Canadian Parliament building the day he died. John Babcock was 15 when he enlisted in the Canadian army, a decision he is remembered for almost 100 years later. But he never sought the attention. He served his country into his mid-twenties, moved to the U.S and ran a heating business for 26 years, became a naturalized U.S. citizen when he was 46 years old, and earned his high school diploma when he was 95. He was a devoted husband, married to his first wife, Elsie, for 45 years. Dorothy, his second wife, was a nurse who helped care for Elsie before she passed away. They were married for more than 30 years. It was only recently that he became the center of attention as a national hero, every birthday outshining the last. It was an accomplishment he was quick to downplay. The weekend John Babcock passed away, the news was overshadowed by the birth of another Canadian hero at the Olympics as Canada won the gold medal in hockey. John Babcock was far from the spotlight. Finally.
show 1 comment
Last September Rachel Dolezal awoke to find a noose on the doorstep of her north Spokane home. Rachel is not new to harassment. In April three skinheads walked into the Human Rights Education Institute where she works in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and asked her personal questions, including where she lived and where her son attended school. Soon after, her home was burglarized and Aryan Nations fliers were distributed in her neighborhood. Reminder: this is ten years after the local Aryan Nation contingent was slapped with the 6.3 mill lawsuit which eventually forced them out of North Idaho. Subsequent demonstrations by the group have been lackluster at best, bringing many people to assume that organized hate was dying. I photographed Rachel for a story about the Tea Party rising, which draws an interesting connection between the two groups, and the recent local upswing in hate crime. Related links: Human Rights Education Institute / Tea Party Patriots / Aryan Nations
no comments |
|
he was a fantastic guy, and a horrible flirt 
© 2010 Rajah Bose's Blog
ProPhoto Photo Theme by NetRivet
no comments