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 [...]
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?”
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Johnny Tapia
Former world champion Johnny Tapia is a hometown hero here in Albuquerque who has battled his demons outside of the ring with drug addiction which eventually put him in Jail and forced him to put boxing on hold for now. Today he is serving a one year sentence at the Los Lunas Correctional facility.
Rumbler Thunder Car Show
The annual Rumbler Thunder car show is coming up next week so some of the fellows participating got together for a preview near the Atomic Cantina downtown Albuquerque Thursday evening May 14, 2009. Pictured is Rhyan McLaughlin chilling in his car. The portrait was an assignment to preview the event in the Art/Venue section of [...]
Barbershop
Raymond and Tino Valdez have been cutting hair for over 50 years this March. These brothers are former WWII vets who returned to Albuquerque to do what they do best, cut hair. Raymond seen here on the left fought in North Africa with the armed forces and came face to face with General Patton at [...]
MISSING
Over the last few weeks Albuquerque has been haunted by the recent findings of 13 bodies out on the west mesa where a future home development would be built. Only a few bodies have been identified and theories as to who might have committed these murders are starting to fly with the most common one [...]
Border issues
Tuesday I will be heading to the border to work on a couple of storiesl dealing with the turmoil facing the town of Juarez, Mexico. The all out bloodshed among the drug cartels is making Afghanistan take a backseat to headlines. Apparently on Saturday, the Mexican president Felipe Calderon declared Martial Law in the border [...]
A Good Night
Thursday was just a horrible day dealing with newsroom politics and to top it off, my toe was bruised. I can even say I was a bit depressed. All that ended when I arrived at the Bear Canyon Senior Center for Senior Dance Night. To see such wonderful folks cut the rug and smile at [...]
Circa 1974
This past Tuesday I was sent to cover a story which will be the featured preview story for the upcoming girls state basketball tournament next week. Amistad is a small community with a current population of 2 and sometimes 3 when the post office worker shows up to work. Back in 1974 the tiny school [...]
Cody Mexicano (archer)
Travel to the Navajo reservation town of Tohajilee some 30 minutes West of Albuquerque on I-40 to photograph a 19 year old Navajo who is about to compete in the National Indoor Championships of Archery. Cody Mexicano is a cool dude who has a contagious smile and practices the sport in his backyard targeting a [...]
Ducati Art
Local artist Nikki Zabicki painted a motorcycle for a Ducati competition some weeks ago. The bike didn’t win, but it’s been picked up for use in a national ad. The photo was taken around 3 in the afternoon and it had to be done inside because ofthe harsh directional sunlight outside. I used the lighting [...]
Virgen de Guadalupe Day
The Virgen de Guadalupe day was an event I went to shoot for myself. I mixed digital images and medium format black and white still to make a Soundlslide project. The squarish images were shot on a Hasselblad Kodak Tri-X 320 speed film and scanned on a Nikon Super Coolscan 9000.
