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Robinson Crusoe Island is Hit by Tsunami *UPDATE*

*Update* The recovery on Robinson Crusoe Island continues with the death toll now at 20. It is clear now that most of San Juan Bautista, the only “town” on the island, has been wiped out. Visit rcrusoe.org to find out more information about the efforts … Read More

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Empire on NYT

The New York Times has a weekly cycling blog called Spokes. One of the primary writers and colleague of mine J. David Goodman has a post today about depcitions of cycling in films. MASH broke new ground with the release of their film a few … Read More

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Philly Cyclists, Lookout

Cyclists in Philadelphia have been feeling the heat heavy in recent weeks. In October two pedestrians were hit and killed by cyclists in Philadelphia within the span of a week. As you might imagine there’s been some backlash against cyclists, not only from the public … Read More

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Faces at the Finish

Earlier this month I was fortunate enough to be able to  photograph the New York City Marathon for the second year in a row. Last year I shot a time lapse of the marathon route and then shot a 360º panorama on the day of … Read More

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U.S. Open 2009

I got the chance to shoot the Open a few days this year. I’m not much of a sports photographer but it was very fun. Seemed like a pretty dramatic tournament.

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A Meeting of Dervishes With Fixed Gears

My photo essay finally published in today’s Metropolitan section of The New York Times. Online at nytimes.com there is an audio slideshow with many more pictures as well. I started hanging out and shooting at Peel Sessions, which takes place every Thursday night under the … Read More

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Prison Cycling

An interesting story from the International Herald Tribune this week about a prison program that lets incarcerated prisoners ride the Penal Tour de France as part of their rehabilitation.

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Lens, a new blog from The New York Times

We recently, finally, launched Lens at The Times, a photo blog meant to set the bar for all the other photo blogs out there. I think its slick and polished and very well done and the quality of work presented there is spectacular. The best … Read More

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That’s right, 5 Pulitzers

We, The New York Times, won five Pulitzer Prizes today. Specifically the awards went to Damon Winter-Feature Photography for his coverage of Obama’s historic campaign, David Barstow-Investigative Reporting for his reporting on how retired generals are employed by the government as TV analysts, Staff-Breaking News … Read More

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Mainstream Vegans

Always excited, sometimes entertaining, to hear about veganism making it into mainstream conversation. Mark Bittman has leveled some honest critique on the way we as a society eat and the meat industry, from an Omnivore’s point of view. Bittman has even put his money where … Read More

UNC wins fifth NCAA championship

The UNC men’s basketball team won their fifth NCAA championship Monday night defeating Michigan St. It’s quite a redemption story considering their extremely disappointing finish last year and the fact that star players like Hansborough passed on the NBA to play at Carolina one more … Read More

Military used pigs to test body armor

I read this article in USA Today on the way to work yesterday. Pretty shocking. Apparently the U.S. military strapped body armor to pigs, loaded them up in humvees and blew them up to see if wearing body armor decreased or increased the risk of … Read More

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