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Haiti. Day 4.
Continued from Day 1, 2, & 3.
Day 4
There are some things on my travels in the past that I’ve chosen to share, through stories and photographs, with friends, family, and Loose Luggage readers. Most things, actually. But on several of the trips I’ve been on there have been certain sacred moments that were so personal, [...]
Haiti. Day 3.
I apologize for the delay in getting day 3 up here. It’s both time consuming and personally exhausting to write these.
Continued from Day 1 & Day 2.
Day 3.
At approximately 5 o’clock in the morning I heard the panicked and urgent voice of Doug. He had ripped open the zipper of the tent that Ben [...]
Haiti. Day 1.
Over the course of the next 7 days, I’m going to be publishing here on Loose Luggage a seven-part article about my recent trip to Haiti in the wake of the 7.1 earthquake that has now claimed some 200,000 lives. Each part of this article will correspond (roughly) with 1 day of my trip.
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LiNK up for $250,000
Back in October I had the honor of traveling with my friends from LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) over to China to document the work they’re doing over there. You can check out my images/stories from that trip here.
Well LiNK has some great news– they’re in the running for $250,000 from Pepsi. It’s exciting and [...]
The Pearl of the West Indies: Images from the recent earthquake in Haiti
I’ve finally finished my photos and slideshow from my trip to Haiti, thanks to “Soundslides,” which is a powerful program for documentary photographers who want to share their work with the world. Click on the link below which will take you to the slideshow and then you can watch it full screen, toggle the [...]
The Pearl of the West Indies
I’ve been working hard to try and get all of my images/stories from Haiti ready… but I’m having some difficulties with my slideshow/website and need to spend a little time to get it right. However, I did want to get something up in the mean time so I can start sharing these stories and [...]
Haiti/D.R.
As things stand I’m taking off on a flight for Santo Domingo, DR tomorrow morning. From there I’ll attach with an NGO to head over to Haiti to help in any way I can.
If anyone wants to donate funds towards medical materials and transportation, you can shoot me an e-mail here. Additionally if anyone in [...]
New York Dust…
After a crazy week of juggling post-production for jobs that I need to wrap, meeting with clients, and running errands, ON TOP of working every extra second of my day and night on “Shake the Dust,” I’m ready for some R&R… Although I’m not sure it’s coming any time soon.
Seriously not complaining. Busyness [...]
Shake The Dust – NYC – Day 1
Well, Patrick arrived here on a red-eye yesterday morning… and we hit the ground running. For the next 5 days we’ll be shooting an 8 minute mini-documentary as we push forward with raising funding for this film. I can honestly say that this past evening was one of the most creatively fulfilling nights of my [...]
We need your help…
I’ve been working on a side project for the last 6 months that is now finally (beginning) to come to fruition. After 1 photo shoot and a very brief video shoot, I’m moving forward with an international “blogumentary” project entitled “Shake The Dust.” The documentary, which will ideally be shared in the form of videos, [...]
Green gloves.
So my current early-to-mid-fall-New-York-subway-commute music of choice lately has been The National’s album “The Boxer.” My favorite song on the album, a song that is both haunting and soothing, is “Green Gloves.”
Well yesterday morning I opened my mailbox and pulled out a padded envelope. When I saw the return address I had a pretty good [...]
Trevor Gray.
Confession: I’m more stressed now then I think I’ve ever been in my life. (Well, maybe with exception of my 28-unit senior semester of college.)
It feels good to send that out into the cybersphere. I mean, this is a blog, right? That means I can talk about my feelings, right? But really, work has picked [...]
You are welcome to travel by our plane.
iPhone photos from the last few weeks… mostly from China. All of the below photos were edited IN my iPhone with Chase Jarvis’s Best Camera application.
The Vacaville Sessions.
Nothing to post of my stuff today. But a real treat instead…
While on the bus to the odd Tiki Bar we went to in Staten Island, all 7 of us took a turn on my iPhone to have a listen to the song you’re about to lay ears on. A song sent to us from [...]
Up on the roof.
This past weekend was jam packed with goodness. I put my camera down (except for my father’s old Konica and some rolls of 1600 slide film) and just enjoyed the absolutely glorious weather. Saturday, in particular, was amazing. We had a wonderful breakfast at Janelle’s new home in Cobble Hill. Delicious [...]
I’m back (sort of).
Not posting this last week has been really unsatisfying. I’ve just had gobs of photos from over the past month or so piling up– from personal and work-related shooting. And now, with a computer to use (for now) thanks to Eric, I’m trying to get back on top of things.
I apologize in advance [...]
Ben is back.
At the end of July I sent my good friend Ben (who lives in Seattle) on his way to India. We had an amazing couple of days here in New York before he boarded an Air France flight for the East.
Well, to make everything symmetrical, he returned for a 24 hour stint here in [...]
A family in the Redwoods.
I’ve posted before (multiple times, actually) about my love for the redwoods and Santa Cruz mountains… and specifically a very special family that resides up there. While I was working at camp this last week I took a couple of hours to hike around with the Swanson-Dexels and snap some family photos. Here are some [...]
Johnny & Alyssa, pt. deux.
I realized after reviewing some older blog posts that I skipped out on posting some of my favorite pictures from the other day. So I’m here to rectify the situation. Behold, Johnny and Alyssa part ii.
Alyssa & Johnny
So I had a rare moment this week to sneak away and grab a little wi-fi in town. I’m working at a camp in the Redwoods of California at the moment and will continue to be MIA after this. But in the mean time I wanted to quickly share some photos from the [...]
Here I am in Washington.
Today was a long day. Possibly my longest travel day yet. I won’t go into the details, but it was exhausting, and in the process, my screen on my camera was mutilated. The camera still works, but the view-finder is shot.
It ended peacefully, however. After almost a 24-hour [...]