Photographer Adam Ferguson was on patrol with marines in Marjah, Afghanistan, when a sniper opened fire on them. As marines pin-pointed the location of the gunman, they called in a mortar strike on the site. That strike missed the insurgents, but shrapnel killed a 14 year-old girl in the village. Ferguson had an audio recorder …
In a TIME poll this week, 61% of respondents said Muslims should not build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero. Young students and professionals who pray at the Park51 mosque, try to change those opinions [vodpod id=Video.4278384&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D591015933001%26amp%3BlinkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.time.com%252Ftime%252Fvideo%252Fplayer%252F0%252C32068%252C591015933001_2012328%252C00.html%26amp%3BplayerID%3D42806370001%26amp%3BplayerKey%3DAQ%252E%252E%2CAAAAABGEUMg%252E%2ChNlIXLTZFZk45NBFzfXjH_fcV1fGMncy%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BdynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] In Controversial Mosque, Young Muslims Pray for…, posted with vodpod
Last night, TIME was the first news organization invited to shoot video inside the Park51 Mosque in lower Manhattan. I began the evening with a visit with a group of Muslim students at an NYU event where they broke their fast and prayed the Isha prayer, the final of the five daily prayers in Islam. …
An actual squirrel riding a toy tractor
Here are a few shots from my iPhone from my vacation in Seattle and the area (more from the big camera later):
Hiking in Mt. Rainier National Park, to the Summer Land subalpine meadow area. An 8.5 mile round trip. Beautiful day. Sore feet.
Sailing on the Ventura, with Captain Pat, on Sunday, July 18
I didn’t hear the phone ring. It was silenced the night before. So I was surprised to see I had a voicemail yesterday morning from a caller at 7:30 a.m. The phone number was blocked. The message began: “Hi Craig, nice to meet you. My son says you’re glorious. Ab-so-lute-ly glooorriousss.” “This has to be …
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TIME.com received its first-ever EMMY nomination today for the Iconic Photo video series. In this series, I find the most famous photographs from major events, and ask the photographers who made the pictures (or curators who know the photos well) to explain how the photographs were made. In the process, we learn a little history, …