When I was in school I knew what I wanted to do, but there were few  teachers there who had any insight or useful advice as to how to get there, it being a “fine art” school.

Then came TD.

He mentored, pushed, advised, pushed and pushed me some [...]]]>

When I was in school I knew what I wanted to do, but there were few  teachers there who had any insight or useful advice as to how to get there, it being a “fine art” school.

Then came TD.

He mentored, pushed, advised, pushed and pushed me some more to do important work, with an emphasis on personal vision.

When I got married, he officiated the ceremony, complete in Civil War era clothing as he had just returned from working on his book on Civil War reenactors.

He also gave us Good Luck Joe as a present. Neither TD nor me are particularly religious, but he had rubbed Joe’s head everyday when leaving the house for luck and passed it on to Alicia and I.

Joe now sits on my porch, going balder by the day.

To be honest, not since the days of  7-11 Street Fighter matches, have I cared about video games. Sure, I have battled my friends in various shooting games here and there over the years, but it has just never been my thing, always seemed like there was something else [...]]]>

To be honest, not since the days of  7-11 Street Fighter matches, have I cared about video games. Sure, I have battled my friends in various shooting games here and there over the years, but it has just never been my thing, always seemed like there was something else I would rather do. I suppose not being a TV person would also add to the lack of interest, but I just never got it.

That said, over the last several years, the home video game market has become a multi-billion dollar a year business, with sport games such as Madden and first person shooters like Halo (1-3) holding kids, mostly boys, in front of their TV’s for hours a day. It has also spawned the professional gamer, who travels around the country to go head to head against other like minded individuals over several days of competition.

I spent most of 3 days walking around the Major League Gaming 50th Pro Circuit competition in Raleigh, NC making photos of the gamers, the sponsors ( surprise, Doritos, Hot Pockets, Old Spice and Dr. Pepper) and the attending spectators.

It was a short view into a different world, one of the great advantages of this job, but I cannot say it brought me any closer to buying the 3D television I saw on display, nor to dedicating my free time to the pursuit of a Halo 3 crown, but it was exciting/ scary in its own way, to see kids so excited and taken under the spell of the games.

I suppose I hope they spend all the rest of their time reading and running laps around the neighborhood, but who am I to ask.

See the whole story on my website here

and the full edit in the archive here

On the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast I hope we all remember what was nearly lost, all the people who died, those who survived and all the people who continue to rebuild New Orleans into what it is, simply one of the finest [...]]]>

On the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast I hope we all remember what was nearly lost, all the people who died, those who survived and all the people who continue to rebuild New Orleans into what it is, simply one of the finest cities on the planet.

For some other looks at what happened and is happening in NOLA, go here, here and here

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Over the next week or 2, BagNews will be featuring selections from my ongoing “War at Home” series in the Originals section of the site.

For those of you who do not know the site, take a look, and not just to see my photos. Michael Shaw, who runs the [...]]]>

Over the next week or 2, BagNews will be featuring selections from my ongoing “War at Home” series in the Originals section of the site.

For those of you who do not know the site, take a look, and not just to see my photos. Michael Shaw, who runs the site, and Alan Chin, who approached me about featuring the photos, post news photographs and discuss the implications of them and how we view and interpret the messages there in. A good read on any day.

A few photos from my series will run every few days so be sure to check back in and add your comments to the discussion.

You can also find the series on my website under the “Projects” heading

Thanks to Alan and Michael for the opportunity.

Durham Bulls outfielder Fernando Perez

Jake Wolf, chef and owner, Capitol Club 16

Wonderland, Fullsteam Brewery

Les Savy Fav, Nasher Museum of Art

Sara Isaacson, photographed May 20, in Chapel Hill, NC

Miss Isaacson was in  ROTC at UNC-CH until she told her commanding officer that she was gay. She immediately lost her scholarship, which the Army paid for and she may have to repay the $80,000 already spent. This all fell under [...]]]>

Sara Isaacson, photographed May 20, in Chapel Hill, NC

Miss Isaacson was in  ROTC at UNC-CH until she told her commanding officer that she was gay. She immediately lost her scholarship, which the Army paid for and she may have to repay the $80,000 already spent. This all fell under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy of the US military.

She said it was a matter of integrity that she told the officer, and she still stands by that, but the Army felt otherwise.

Her case is under appeal.

Read more here

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