Memorial Day

To the Fallen

On Assignment: Black Farmers for the NYT

Spent a cloudy morning and afternoon tooling around the Baskerville, VA area with Dr. John Boyd, Jr. the president of the National Black Farmers Association. He is leading a coalition of black farmers looking for a settlement of claims of loan discrimination against them by the Federal Government. President Clinton [...]

New Work: Wake County Speedway, Jugfishing and Rocking Chairs

Spent much of the last 2 weeks working on a series of Southern summer stories for the Independent Weekly’s annual Summer Guide

The theme this year was “real southern living” so I was sent to photograph short track racing, jugfishing for catfish and a rocking chair master craftsman.

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As Published In: GQ Magazine

A photo of mine from Rocky Mount is in the June issue of GQ to help illustrate a story about several murders of women in the area.

An important story and a good example of why running your own keyword searchable archive can be beneficial.

If [...]

On Assignment: Julia Gaffield for Liberation

Got an email from Liberation, the French newspaper, a few weeks ago to make a portrait of Duke University graduate student Julia Gaffield, who discovered the original printed version of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence in the National Archives in London in February. It was a fun shoot, around the Duke [...]

Photo for the Day: Jordan Lake

Late night fishing on Jordan Lake

Photo for the Day: Waiting for Bill…

…and waiting and waiting.

Bill Clinton likes to talk, and talk, so he is always late. Everyone seemed to think it was worth it though, once he arrived. We were 1.5 hours late to the second of 6 stops for the day in western North Carolina.

Photo for the Day: John Edwards

It is probably all said and done as far as his political career goes, but as I was looking through the old archives and found this photo, I was reminded of the energy surrounding the 2008 presidential campaigns and how perhaps this photograph foreshadowed the events to come in Edwards’ [...]

Photo for the Day: The Harvest Crusade

In keeping with the religious theme of the last post, I bring you the Harvest Crusade, a Billy Graham 2.0, for the younger set.

More photos from the 2007 Harvest Crusade in Raleigh, NC

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Photo for the Day: The Billy Graham Library

Been sent here twice on assignment, had fun both times.

Truly a sight to behold

Only in America

More photos of the Billy Graham Library

Holga photos of the Billy Graham Crusade in Queens, NY

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