May 22, 2010 · Feature, Our World · (No comments) · Tags: Bible, Christian, Ft Myers, God, Martin Luther King Blvd, Religion, street preacher
I’m always amazed to see a story come together and the resulting layout in my paper. I am so fortunate to be at a place where photos are valued.
The story writer Steven Beardsley and I have been working on since last July has finally published. It was the most in-depth story I worked on to date, and the first photo essay. Starting out on this project we wanted to show the new face of homelessness. We saw that a growing number of people, who had never been in danger of being homeless, now were facing the possibility of not having a roof over their head. Problem was, most of those people were too embarrassed to have their story told in the newspaper. But the story grew from there, we also found who was profiting from the downturn, and what happens after foreclosure. For me it was a lesson in persistence. I put in more phone calls than I could count to families who never returned a message, or to officials that wished they could provide information, but were bound by client privacy. We knew that someone wanted their story told, it just took a matter of continually trying. It’s an important story, one that this community hopefully understands better now. Photos and links below, Layouts to post tomorrow:
Video links – Part I & Part II:
Story links - Part I : Part II : Part III : Part IV
Yesterday I was allowed inside a local church to photograph a special memorial mass to remember the Polish dignitaries lost in a plane crash in Russia on April 10th.
Just got back from the Southern Short Course in Charlotte, NC where I was honored to speak about my last two years of work. Great people, great times. Couple of favorites from the weekend.
