Crowds at the Sept. 11 Memorial
September 18, 2012
People walk along the streets of lower Manhattan near the site of Ground Zero and the September 11 Memorial in New York, New York, USA.
People walk along the streets of lower Manhattan near the site of Ground Zero and the September 11 Memorial in New York, New York, USA.
I had a bit of free time on September 11, 2012, during a short trip to New York for client visits and Photoshelter's Luminance festival so I went down to the Sept. 11 Memorial site to see how Ground Zero had changed since I last saw it in 2006. There were substantially more tourists, and the "Freedom Tower" is now more than just an architect's idea.

To the Everglades and back
May 16, 2012

 Alligators lounge in the sun in the Shark Valley area of Everglades National Park in Florida, USA.
A statue of an astronaut stands above the entrance to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
A bookseller stands in his shop at the Pecan Park RV Resort flea market in northern Jacksonville, Florida.
A woman carries a teddy bear to her car outside a thrift store in Jacksonville, Florida.
People gather on the beach in Palm Valley, Florida, USA, near Jacksonville Beach.
A bird stands silhouetted against Blue Cypress Lake at dawn in Blue Cypress Conservation Area in Indian River, Florida.
An alligator lays in shallow water eating small fish in the Shark Valley area of Everglades National Park in Florida, USA.
Orca-shaped stuffed animals lay on mattresses for sale at the Pecan Park RV Resort flea market in northern Jacksonville, Florida.
People walk along the beach in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Some use small shovels on the end of sticks to pick up shells and other things found in the sand.
An alligator swims at dawn in Blue Cypress Conservation Area in Indian River, Florida.
Beach towels hang for sale in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
People walk along the beach in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
People walk along the beach in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Statues of elephants stand outside Papa Joe’s Fireworks in Hardeeville, South Carolina.
A man fishes off the boardwalk in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Alligators lounge in the sun in the Shark Valley area of Everglades National Park in Florida, USA.
Mannequins display wigs for sale at a flea market outside Jacksonville, South Carolina.
A man fishes off the boardwalk in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
French fries lay discarded on the ground in Virginia.
People eat at a Jamaican restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida.
People shop at the Pecan Park RV Resort flea market in northern Jacksonville, Florida.
A roadside memorial stands outside a souvenir store in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
A dirt road stretches to the horizon in the Everglades National Park in Florida.
A little while ago, I drove down to the Everglades and back on a lark. Camping along the way, explored flea markets, local food joints, and beaches in the winter warmth of the southern USA.

Recent portraits for MIT News
April 5, 2012

 Dr. Anant Agarwal, photographed in the Stata Center at MIT, is the director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Professor Agarwal is also the instructor of 6.002x, the first course offered in the school’s online learning initiative MITx. The course covers engineering in the context of circuit design and abstraction and helps students transition from physics to electrical engineering and computer science.
Dr. Emery Brown, Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Health Sciences and Technology at MIT and Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School, is seen here in an operating room at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., on Feb. 2, 2012.
Dr. Andreas Mershin, professor in MIT’s Biological Engineering Department, sits in his office at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Mershin’s current research focuses on photosynthetic photovoltaic power systems. “We would like to be able to grow solar power,” says Mershin, “Nighttime access to light is the best way out of poverty.”
Dr. Andreas Velten, Postdoctoral Associate in Dr. Ramesh Raskar’s Media Lab Camera Culture group, sets up equipment in a lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Velten and Raskar’s group has developed a camera that records at 1 trillion frames per second, which allows, for example, the recording of pulses of light moving through a liquid.
Dr. Scott Stern is the Sloan School of Management Distinguished Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management, photographed in the Martin (1958) Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Feb. 7, 2012.
Professor Daniela Rus and PhD student Kyle Gilpin of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT have developed “smart pebbles” a rapid prototyping system involving small robots that can assemble themselves into tools after being given basic instructions. The two are photographed in their office and lab at CSAIL at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Dr. Alexei Borodin is a professor in the Department of Mathematics at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Borodin’s research focuses on representation theory and probability.
Professors Robert S. Langer (right) and Michael J. Cima speak in the Cima Lab at the Koch Institute at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Langer and Cima work together in biotechnology and have developed a new implantable medical device which allows repeated wireless drug delivery in lieu of injections.
Reflected in a small solar cell, Dr. Jeffrey C. Grossman, a newly-tenured professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, poses for a picture in his lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Grossman’s recent work focuses on three dimensional photovoltaics which are designed to optimize the efficiency of solar energy collection.
Overlaid by a projection of his Visual Dictionary, Antonio Torralba, a tenured associate professor in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), poses for a portrait in the Stata Center at MIT in Cambridge, MA, USA. Torralba’s research focuses on artificial intelligence systems involving computer vision. One of Torralba’s current projects is a “Visual Dictionary,” a map of thousands of images that correspond to 50,000 English nouns and uses a computer system to arrange visually and semantically similar images.
Dr. Anant Agarwal, photographed in the Stata Center at MIT, is the director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Professor Agarwal is also the instructor of 6.002x, the first course offered in the school’s online learning initiative MITx. The course covers engineering in the context of circuit design and abstraction and helps students transition from physics to electrical engineering and computer science.
MIT News has become one of my favorite new clients. The assignments are usually very similar: please take a portrait of this researcher (whose research is probably on a computer or microscopic). Each assignment poses a substantial challenge, not least because the subjects are very busy people at the top of their respective fields. My record for one of these shoots is about 3 minutes, including handshake and setup; if I wasn't able to already, I've learned to work very quickly when necessary. You can see how a few of these pictures were used on the MIT homepage in the tearsheets section of this website and see a few more portraits in my archive.

Scenes from the New Hampshire primary
April 4, 2012

 Surrounded by security, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista arrive for a campaign event at BAE Systems, a major defense contractor, in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
People wait to catch a glimpse of Mitt Romney at a Romney campaign event to begin at Gilchrist Metal Fabricating in Hudson, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Romney is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney speaks at a Romney campaign event to begin at Gilchrist Metal Fabricating in Hudson, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Romney is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
While speaking at a town hall meeting in Northfield, New Hampshire, former congressman Rick Santorum holds on to a gilt-edged copy of the US Constitution that he keeps in his pocket. Santorum is seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president.
Romney supporters gather behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, as he speaks to the media during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sat. Dec. 3, 2011. The rally was called, “Earn It with Mitt,” and was designed to bolster local efforts to help Romney “earn” voters’ support for the upcoming Republican primary.
A campaign sign for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich hangs next to a sign reading “closed” in Manchester, New Hampshire. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president.
Members of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s security detail eat lunch while waiting for Gingrich to finish a radio interview at the Northern Grafton County Republican Committee offices in Littleton, New Hampshire. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president.
A reporter uses a laptop in a news van as former senator Rick Santorum speaks to a crowd made primarily of media and protestors outside Belmont Hall and Restaurant in Manchest, New Hampshire, on Jan. 6, 2012. Santorum is seeking the 2012 GOP Republican presidential nomination. Protestors were primarily from the Occupy New Hampshire group..
An empty volunteer form lays on a table with Newt Gingrich campaign materials outside a town hall meeting in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president.
People listen to former congressman Rick Santorum at a town hall meeting in Northfield, New Hampshire. Santorum is seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for president.
People wait outside a hangar to catch a glimpse of Ron Paul after a rally at Jet Aviation in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 6, 2012. Paul is seeking the 2012 GOP Republican presidential nomination.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, speaks to the media during a “press availability” after a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sat. Dec. 3, 2011. The rally was called, “Earn It with Mitt,” and was designed to bolster local efforts to help Romney “earn” voters’ support for the upcoming Republican primary.
A car pulls a trailer sign in support of Ron Paul on which is also printed the words “Audit the Fed” and “Occupy Wall Street” outside a Ron Paul town hall meeting and rally at the Church Landing at Mills Falls hotel in Meredith, New Hampshire, on Jan. 8, 2012. Paul is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
People leave the room after a speech by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich at the Hillsborough County Republican Gala at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 6, 2012. Former congressmen Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich spoke at the event. Both are seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Volunteers make calls to gather support for former senator Rick Santorum at Santorum’s New Hampshire campaign headquarters in Bedford, New Hampshire, on Jan. 7, 2012. Santorum is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Protesters march in a Pride Parade in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 7, 2012. Some of the protesters are part of Occupy New Hampshire or Occupy the Primary.
A Romney staffer answers a phone call at the Romney New Hampshire campaign headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 7, 2012. Romney is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
A man polishes the Romney campaign bus outside a Mitt Romney town hall meeting and rally at the Rochester Opera House in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 8, 2012. Romney is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Newt Gingrich speaks to the Nashua Rotary Club at the Nashua Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Congressman Ron Paul speaks at a town hall meeting and rally at the Church Landing at Mills Falls hotel in Meredith, New Hampshire, on Jan. 8, 2012. Paul is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Camera crews work outside a house party where former Utah governor Jon Huntsman is speaking in Bedford, New Hampshire, on Jan. 8, 2012. Huntsman is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman waves to the crowd after leaving a campaign event at Crosby’s Bakery in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Hunstman is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Former senator Rick Santorum greets supporters at a campaign event at Jillian’s, a bar in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Santorum is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Occupy protesters gather outside a Rick Santorum campaign event at Jillian’s, a bar in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Santorum is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
I spent the first part of January photographing the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary campaign. There's a short edit of the work, focusing on spectators and supporters, in the portfolio section of this site. These are a few I liked that didn't quite fit in to the short edit. Many more images are available in my online archive.

Affluence in Belmont for the Wall Street Journal
April 1, 2012

 At the edge of Belmont’s city limits on Concord Avenue, an oval sign welcomes drivers to Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012. The sign asks drivers to “please be courteous” and “obey the traffic laws.” Belmont was an ordinary working-class town in the past, but its median wealth has increased in the past 30 years alongside drops in crime and increases in education.
Cars drive through Belmont Center in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012.
A view of houses in a neighborhood in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012.
A view of houses in a neighborhood in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012.
A street sign marks the intersection of Pleasant and Prospect Streets in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012.
A view of houses in a neighborhood in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012.
Cars drive through Belmont Center in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012.
A view of houses in a neighborhood in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012.
A view of houses in a neighborhood in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012.
Plymouth Congregation Church stands above Belmont Center in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012.
A few months ago, I photographed Belmont, a suburb that grew to relative affluence after a long history as a working-class community outside of Boston. The assignment was to go to the town and find some nice houses to photograph for an article comparing the city to Fishtown, PA, a similar community that took downward trajectory after the 70s.

West to east across the Plains
March 25, 2012
Last year we drove from Washington State to Boston to move some furniture and a cat. While the trip was relatively quick, managed to catch a few glimpses of the tourist meccas of South Dakota, bison in the Badlands, Iowa's corn fields, roadside evangelism, and everything in between.

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