Gear for workshop in El Salvador
Three weeks ago Steven St. John and I conducted a workshop in El Salvador, more specifically on the island of Meanguera. The trip was filled with wonderful people and spectacular weather. The humidity was something to get used to but overall the workshop was a success. Pictured is most of the gear I took on [...]
Hurricane Katrina Anniversary
Five years ago I was lucky enough to be sent along with another photographer to cover Hurricane Katrina but instead of heading to New Orleans I and reporter Lloyd Jojola decided to cover the town of Biloxi, Mississippi where not only did it flood, it was wiped off the map! This is a slide show [...]
Willard’s Centennial Celebration
The town of Willard sits some 70 miles from Albuquerque and this past weekend it celebrated it 100th anniversary with several events including a shooting demonstration. But the most interesting story I came across was that of Meliton Otero who had an interesting story regarding his great uncle who happened to be Japanese and living [...]
Photographer Lee Marmon
“White man’s moccasins,” is an image most of us have seen whether on a t-shirt or a poster. It shows a Native American man taking in the sun with a cigar on his hand wearing Keds high tops basketball shoes. The photo was taken by Lee Marmon who lives in the pueblo of Laguna just [...]
LOTUS EVORA AND A DEAD BIRD
Some assignments I cover are not very news worthy and really don’t deserve much attention but the personal experience gathered leaves you feeling grateful for the job you have. This was the case when I headed to Sandia Raceway just west of Albuquerque. The story involved two business school Deans racing each other on the [...]
Route 66 Micro Car Rally
Heading back to the office and I spotted the Route 66 Micro Car Rally traveling through Albuquerque on their way to Chicago from Los Angeles. Wished I had known about this event. Would have made a cool multimedia piece. Check out their facebook page: Micros On Route 66 is on Facebook
Hair
driving around with nothing to do on a Thursday afternoon. Do I just sit in my car and watch this kid walk by or do walk up to him and say “hi, nice hair.” “Can I take your picture?”
U.S-MEXICO BORDER
Traveled a couple of weeks ago with reporter Rene Romo to try and illustrate a story about how the El Paso sector of the Border Patrol is apprehending less and less border undocumented workers in the area. It was a quick trip and had only a couple of hours to try and illustrate this issue. [...]
White Sands and Lightroom
Just posting a quick pick from a color raw file then converted to black and white using Adobe’s Lightroom. The photo was taken at White Sand’s National park in southern New Mexico. I’ll be posting picks from my trip down to southern New Mexico from a trip two weeks ago.
Roadtrip Nation RV Burns Up In Albuquerque
The folks from Roadtrip Nation had some unfortunate luck while traveling cross country through Albuquerque Saturday afternoon when their RV caught fire and burned to a crisp on the side of I-25. These are the folks you see on PBS going around the country interviewing common people “to support, empower and encourage individuals who want [...]
National Junior High Finals Rodeo
The brother-sister team of 12-year-old Garrett Jacobs and 14-year-old Makayla, from Lemitar, New Mexico hang out with their horse Jody, after competing in the ribbon roping competition at Red Rock State Park in Gallup, New Mexico. They travel to roughly 50-60 rodeos a year.
Hiroshima Survivor Visits New Mexico
Keiko Murakami seen here, is a World War II Hiroshima survivor and now is a peace activist who was brought in by a group called Hiroshima Calling to Albuquerque. On a warm May afternoon she toured the National Museum of Science and History in Albuquerque where she got to see a replica of the atomic [...]
Car Fire!
Quick shot of a car fire around the block from the paper. Sometimes word of mouth is faster than the scanner.
Holga Work
Tortuga photo Workshops is getting ready to teach a workshop on everybody’s favorite camera the HOLGA. I’ve posted this slideshow to show you what is possible with this lovely plastic medium format camera. There is still space available for the workshop which will be held in July at the Harwood Art Center. Follow this link [...]
Abortion March
This past Saturday a mass and a march took place which started at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church and then made it’s way down Lomas Blvd towards an abortion clinic called ‘Southwestern Women’s Options.’ Many there were just happy to see the media give the event some attention but all I was trying to [...]
finitefoto interview with Roberto Rosales
The just released issue #8 of finitefoto focuses on Photojournalism and features an interview with your very own Roberto Rosales. “David Ondrik sat down with me, to discuss photography, teaching, blogging, and film.” Finite Foto (formerly Flash Flood) is a new media collective that investigates and promotes the intersection of photography and culture in the [...]
New Nikon D4?
Could this be actual photos of the upcoming Nikon D4? Look for yourself? If you are a Nikon user, what body do you use? Check out the link.
Love is Blind
Here are two photos from a story about a soldier, Air Force Sr. Airman Michael Malarsie who was blinded in an IED attack in January while in Afghanistan. He’s now engaged to the widow of a soldier killed in the same attack. Pictured is Michael with his fiance Jesse Lengstorf.
Michael Astorga Trial
Covering court trials can be fascinating and agonizing at times. On May 18th, 2010 I sat in a courtroom where graphic photos of Deputy James McGrane Jr. were displayed for the jury. Deputy James McGrane was shot allegedly by Michael Astorga point blank in the face and having to see the photos of the crime [...]
2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow
2010 POW WOW – Images by Roberto Rosales The Gathering of Nations is one of the most spectacular events to attend every year. The songs and drum numbers performed throughout the days are powerful and transcend emotions and energy in a way that cannot be described. These photos are a few of the images captured [...]
Friday Night Fights
I went to cover a night of boxing at the Isleta Casino Friday night and it’s an event I love to cover but when the boxers get cut up and blood starts raining on you, that’s when I get nervous. As soon as the fighters get close to my corner I bring down my sunglasses [...]
2010 Tour of the Gila
Tour of the Gila 2010 – Images by Roberto Rosales When I was a teenager living in Maryland I remember driving to Harrisburg Pennsylvania to see Greg Lemond race in the Tour of Dupont. You see, I’m a big Cycling nut and getting a chance to see Lemond finish something like 80th was just awesome. [...]
420 Rally
The 420 rally on the UNM campus assignment was handed to me in the morning but the more I thought about it the more challenging this would be to illustrate. You see, our paper would never run a photo of someone smoking pot or puffing on a Hookah. So then what? Thanks Marcus Lucero for [...]
