Month: April 2009

nathaniel ward – bullet catcher

  Bullet Catcher by Nathaniel Ward “Sargent says I’m going to grow up and be a bullet catcher.”, Cadets, Mt. Sterling High School ROTC, Mt. Sterling, KY I encountered two teenage ROTC cadets in Mt Sterling, Kentucky this fall. After I photographed them, they asked to see a copy of the shot. Holding the Polaroid …

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on a roll….

three days ago i moved most of my belongings out of “the Kibbutz’, my New York home for the last four years….certainly one of THE buildings in NYC among the photography crowd and a few other crowds as well….more than a few iconic photographers live there , along with some internationally known artists of all …

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richard mark dobson – the crest hotel

[slidepress gallery=’richardmarkdobson-cresthotel’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Richard Mark Dobson The Crest Hotel play this essay   editors note: this is a long essay…but, i think certainly worthy of discussion…stick with it…do not even start to watch this if you do not have a solid 15 minutes at your disposal….. …

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mark ovaska – city in mourning

[kml_flashembed fversion=”9.0.0″ movie=”https://www.burnmagazine.org/ss_essays/markovaska-cityinmourning/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” targetclass=”flashmovie” publishmethod=”dynamic” width=”800″ height=”566″] [/kml_flashembed]   Mark Ovaska City In Mourning   On April 3rd, 2009  Jiverly Wong, depressed by economic hardship and aggravated by his poor English language skills, walked into the American Civic Association in Binghamton, N.Y. and opened fire. Within moments 13 victims were dead. As news of the …

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coming home….

Maria Burns is my next door neighbor…literally….and a photographer….and an erstwhile student at the International Center of Photography here in New York….Maria is Swiss and a finer neighbor one could not have…i just took this picture tonight after returning to NYC from the Carolina shore…..so i was leaving home and coming home at the same …

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paul russell – beside the sea

[slidepress gallery=’paulrussell-besidethesea’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Paul Russell Beside The Sea play this essay   Why the seaside? Well, I grew up in a little seaside town and spent a lot of time wandering around and around, even in the dead of winter. And now I find myself back …

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sigurd fandango – fast food heroes

[slidepress gallery=’sigurdfandango-fastfoodheroes’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Sigurd Fandango Fast Food Heroes play this essay   They may not be paid very well, and the hours might be long. But behind the counters of McDonalds, Rays Pizza and other more anonymous fast food joints I found the workers to have …

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