22 January 2008

Heath Ledger. b. April 4, 1979 - d. Jan. 22, 2008
















The actor Heath Ledger photographed at the Essex House Hotel on Manhattan's Central Park South, on Sunday, August 25, 2002. The Oscar-nominated actor was found dead in his Soho apartment just after 3PM on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 with pills scattered around him, police said. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS

*I photographed Heath Ledger back in the summer of 2002 when I was a freelancer for the NY Daily News. He was really cool and personable. I remember joking with him about my Leica and he even asked to handle it. Boy, you just never know...
On Friday, January 25, 2008, the NY Daily News ran the full length image on page 3 of Mr. Ledger.

12 January 2008

Volunteer plastic surgeon in Thailand. Nov. 2007

I put this multimedia piece together on volunteer plastic surgeon Dr. Rafael Gottenger in Mae Sot, Thailand, during Operation Smile's 25th. Anniversary World Journey of Smiles in November:



*(click the arrow to start the slideshow.)

10 January 2008

Two women in wheelchairs. Wednesday, January 9, 2008.

Yesterday I photographed two separate assignments, both dealing with women in wheelchairs. Kinda brings a lot of things going on in one's life into a new perspective, I'd say.



(top): Lorelei Thomas in her Middletown, NY home on Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Thomas, a born again Christian and lifelong Middletown resident, suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, but manages to paint religious murals on canvas.

(bottom): Kathy Beam, right, massages her daughter Olivia's hands in their Scotchtown, NY home on Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Olivia is suffering from a mysterious disease that is causing her spine to disintegrate.

09 January 2008


Tree Graveyard...
"Where Christmas Trees go to die..." Middletown, NY. 12:42PM

*Happy Anniversary! (to me.)

Today marks my first year on staff at The Times Herald-Record in Middletown, NY. It has been some year, in lots of ways.

06 January 2008

*My 2007 POY. (from the paper...)

Holidays over. Week One: January 2008. "Back to Work..."

Here's a look at the first week of the New Year. Considering I worked both Christmas Day & New Year's Day, how would one know the difference when the holidays have passed anyway...?

New Year's Day storm. 1 Jan. 08 Homecoming for NYFD Firefighter. 4 Jan. 08 Homecoming for NYFD Firefighter. 4 Jan. 08 Homecoming for NYFD Firefighter. 4 Jan. 08
HS Cheerleading Competition. 5 Jan. 08 HS Cheerleading Competition. 5 Jan. 08 HS Cheerleading Competition. 5 Jan. 08 HS Cheerleading Competition. 5 Jan. 08 HS Cheerleading Competition. 5 Jan. 08 HS Cheerleading Competition. 5 Jan. 08
A New Year's Day snowstorm hit our area again. An injured NYC firefighter returned home after rehab for his injuries from a fall off a tower ladder while battling a fire in the Bronx in November, HS cheerleading competition on Saturday. (got to clamp up two remote camera strobes again for the cheerleaders event.)