Bonfire on Christmas Eve Eve
A beautiful night on the beach under the stars with a campfire, guitar and smores!
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Yours Truly on the Knight Foundation Site
Today, the International Center for Journalists announced that it had been given a new three-year, six million dollar grant to continue the Knight International Journalism Fellowships. My long-time readers will know that Craig Duff Blogs began when I was sent off to Cairo as a Knight Fellow in August 2006. Here’s proof: My photo, with …
The Top 10 Viral Videos of 2009
My TIME colleague Dan Fletcher and I came up with the top 10 viral videos of the year. In a year when Susan Boyle became a sudden star and babies began dancing to Beyonce, there was plenty to choose from. One of my favorites is the one below (wait about 40 seconds and it kicks …
Ze Frank on America in Afghanistan Since 2001
The latest from Ze Frank on TIME.com [vodpod id=Groupvideo.4141314&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D55029581001%26amp%3BlinkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.time.com%252Ftime%252Fvideo%252Fplayer%252F0%252C32068%252C55029581001_1946044%252C00.html%26amp%3BplayerID%3D42806370001%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3B] more about “Ze Frank on American in Afghanistan S…“, posted with vodpod
Giving Thanks (for the last time in the naughts)
A few shots from Thanksgiving day in Harlem. Katherine’s mother gave her a special Thanksgiving bowl for the mashed potatoes, and she shows it off here with Josephine. Charlie made the salad. Grace was invoked as a lovely Quaker hymn sung to guitar accompaniment. I was grateful for not being put on the spot to …
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iPhone Photos from a Brooklyn Walk
A few shots from a walk from my Gowanus apartment to the Brooklyn Promenade and DUMBO.
A Wedding BBQ and the Harp Returns Home
The harp needed to come home. Last weekend, I returned to some of my old haunts in Atlanta, including the neighborhood where I once owned a house. The occasion was a wedding celebration for Lee & Pete, who hosted a BBQ, complete with a backyard fire and live band, at their house in southeast Atlanta. …
Captain Patrick Harris: One in Eight Million
Those of you who read this blog regularly may remember my photos and thoughts about my voyages over the years on The Ventura, a 1919 hunting yacht refurbished and owned by Captain Pat Harris. I’ve enjoyed a dozen or more harbor cruises on his beautiful single-masted sailboat. And my friends Kathryn and Jeff got married …
The Shuttle Atlantis Rolls Over
Last Tuesday, I got up before dawn to arrive at NASA to shoot the crews moving the space shuttle Atlantis from a hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) where it would be fitted to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in advance of a November launch. As the sun rose and the air …
The Axis of Video
Every year, when the United Nations General Assembly meets in New York, and heads of state buzz around the city in black cars and helicopters, two things are certain: New Yorkers will grouse about street closings on the east side of midtown Manhattan as a consequence of heightened security; and world leaders will make their …