Inauguration Day 09
After I finished shooting video of the scene on the mall during the inauguration, I made my way toward the Capitol, where Barack Obama had been sworn in an hour before. And I pulled out the still camera.
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Greetings from the Capital
The shuttle flight into the nation’s capital yesterday glided on approach over the Lincoln Memorial and the national mall, where I could see the more than 400-thousand people who had come to hear the big We Are One concert. The President-elect and family, along with the Bidens, sat on the stage as various artists (and …
Our Lady of Gowanus
I heard drums and went to the window (accidentally ripping down the blinds that had come loose) and saw this procession from the local catholic church. I grabbed my camera, ran downstairs and caught up with the group as they made the bend down the block. I took a few shots of the Aztec-dressed dancers, …
R.I.P. Ackermonster
In my younger years, I was a horror film buff. I saved up paper route money to buy an 8mm copy of Lon Chaney’s 1925 silent masterpiece The Phantom of the Opera (this was in the days before VHS or DVDs). I’d make Star Trek and claymation monster movies in the basement. I turned the …
Thanksgiving Heart
JoJo holds up the heart-shaped potato on Thanksgiving Day.
Witnessing History
I got to witness history this week, but I had a lousy view. Like many things in life, sometimes you do the sure thing, and sometimes you take a gamble. On Tuesday night, I had planned to do the sure thing: cover the rally in Grant Park and try to find a unique angle on …
Half My Life Ago, a Murder.
When I was 22 years-old, I was a pall bearer. On New Year’s Eve Day in 1985, seven other young men and I lifted the casket that carried our nineteen year-old friend Gina to and from the hearse and then on to the site of her grave in Ashtabula, Ohio. Gina Tenney was the gentlest …
TIME Video on Election Day
I’m in Chicago, covering the rally and big speech by Obama (still not determined whether it will be a victory speech or a pep rally for disappointed Democrats) tonight in the city’s front yard: Grant Park. On TIME.com/video, we’ve had several videos coming in, including post-poll interviews with voters in Colorado, Florida, Ohio and Virginia. …
Making Ends Meet in Rural Ohio
On TIME.com/video this week. At a small town auction and in the local cafe in Kinsman township (about ten miles from where I grew up), rural Ohioans worry about the economy and ponder their choice for president. When I was a kid, I went to the Kinsman auctions with my grandparents. When I started thinking …