January 2012
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American Desert
Wherever I go, the first thing I do is read the local news. On a January Monday in Detroit, where I’m covering the grand-sounding North American International Auto Show, the (not unexpected) news is that the city is running out of money. A panel of experts says funds will run out in May if spending isn’t curbed or taxes raised. The latter seems to be an especially far-fetched idea: Detroit is...
shannonpareil:
“Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law.”
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Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (1939 – 2001)
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Waiting for Air Force One
Barack Obama was in town for a fundraiser Thursday. Looking for an unusual angle, I decided to indulge my aviation geekery and went to the frigid Jamaica Bay, near JFK, to photograph Air Force One coming in. The first thing you notice (after freezing for an hour) is that it is really, really gleaming. The cleanest airplane I’ve ever seen. It landed in an eerie quiet: all other traffic is...
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The New King of Manhattan
Takeoff from LaGuardia, January 8. We’re over Rikers Island, looking at Manhattan. The Empire State Building still dominates the skyline, but One World Trade Center, just above the wingtip, is rising fast.
Seconds later, looking down at the East River snaking between Queens and Manhattan as the sun appears over New York Bay. Magic, every time.
(Nikon D700, Nikkor 50 f/1.8 AF-D...
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2011 Revisited
I think I’ll like 2012. As for 2011, it’s been a weird time, and a blast some days, and infuriatingly wrong some other days, but full of discoveries. Here are a few things I photographed along the way.
The most unexpected by far: a bald eagle over Prospect Heights, photographed (badly, but he was way high) from our roof. How’s that for the transformation of Brooklyn? Not only has the place become...