Posts Tagged ‘National Park’
DC PHOTO BOOK: Lincoln Views
I am still editing images from last week’s photo shoot on the Mall. The next edition of DC PHOTO BOOK: An Insider’s View will be richer for the experience. It’s been an amazing summer for photography and I am lucky to have a small business which allows me to pursue
Tidewater: Last Daze of Summer
These are a few images I’ve made around the Herrington Harbour Marina area. Workboats, sailboats, powerboats…they are all gorgeous and possible inclusions in the new edition of “Tidewater: the Chesapeake Bay in Photographs”.
March on Washington, DC: 1983
This picture was taken shortly before the speakers began at the 20th Anniversary of the “March on Washington” in 1983
MLK: DC PHOTO BOOK
The type alterations to the Martin Luther King Memorial were just fixed n time for the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.
Jewel of the Mall
As I am frequently at the WWII Memorial greeting flights or wandering the Mall to the various bookstores, I am always on the lookout for new “opportunities”. I had been quietly lusting after the crane that Hayward Baker and Clark Construction had on their building site but held little hope.
Martin Luther King Memorial
On my regular “rounds” of the Monuments, I stopped by to see the Martin Luther King Memorial. Last year, I had the pleasure of contacting the King Foundation for the permission to use a picture for the DC PHOTO BOOK and so it is the only general DC book sold in the MLK bookstore. You can also get it […]
WWII Memorial: Hidden Gems
The Ceremonial Gardens are just behind and to the West of the Atlantic Pavillion. They were designed by James A. Van Sweden, the landscape architect for the Memorial. Until recently, the area always seemed either incomplete or in disrepair but today, the gardens looked perfect. It’s an overlooked and tranquil setting: a nice place to host
WWII Memorial Book on iBooks
Jewel of the Mall: World War II Memorial is now available on the iBookstore! Its delivery was slightly delayed when we cleared our schedules to plan and install the WWII Memorial show at the Women’s Memorial. But that did allow us to feature the new show in the digital book! This digital edition contains all […]
Friends of the National WWII Memorial sponsor show
Friends of the National World War II Memorial have joined the Women in Military Service For America Memorial in sponsoring the printing of the eighty-five images from my WWII Memorial project. The show is coming together and about ninety percent of the prints are in place. We are printing up the last ten percent and designing […]
VE DAY: WWII Memorial
Several hundred people gathered at the WWII Memorial today to celebrate the 68th Anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day at the WWII Memorial. In attendance were the board of Directors of Friends of the WWII Memorial, reprsentatives Karen Curcurullo and Robin Owen of the National Park Service as well as an Honor Flight from Tucson Arizona. There was a moving re-enlistment ceremony and Holocaust survivors and WWII veterans placed wreaths in front of the Wall of Stars. The rains held off and in fact the weather was quite beautiful. The Memorial is a far better place with water than without. Great credit goes to Terry and the National Park Service for getting the fountains running.
DC PHOTO BOOK Goes Digital
DC PHOTO BOOK is now available on the iBooks! The digital version includes more photographs than its print counterpart, as well as additional commentary and resources. Digital books offer more possibilites in terms of content and interactivity, and it’s been exciting to redesign for this platform. With the recent addition of the Martin Luther […]
Be There or Be Square
A show of my images at the Women in Military Service to America Memorial on June 12, 2013 for at least six months. I am delighted! The museum is cradled into the main entrance of Arlington Memorial Cemetery and its beautifully lit interior is a photographer’s dream. The opening is 6-8 PM and everyone who’s […]
Nationals Opening Day
Five years ago, I had the enviable task of capturing the first pitch at the opening of Nationals Park. The plan was for the photograph to then be turned into a poster distributed stadium-wide after the game. Major League Baseball pitchers throw pretty fast, so it was an exciting proposition. The camera rig was designed […]
National Cherry Blossom Books Signings
I will have the grood fortune to be signing the WWII MEMORIAL and DC PHOTO BOOKS this Monday April 1st (1-4 PM) and Thursday April 4th (1-4 PM) at the National Park Service Cherry Blossom Festival tent run by Eastern National. Watching the anticipation and transition on the Mall from gloomy Winter into exuberant Spring is always fascinating. I am also hoping to do a morning broadcast on WTTG/ Fox news show sometime during the week.
Rocky Mountain Honor Flight
Rocky Mountain Honor Flight. March 22, 2013. A blustery beautiful Spring morning greeted the Rocky Mountain Honor Flight lead by Mary Haddon. Although we had been down to the Memorial several times in the last week, it was good to see the Memorial populated by its natural inhabitants: WWII veterans and a group of students from the Air Force Academy who had volunteered to act as guardians. And as usual, there were several surprises. As the veterans were just to get off the bus, high school students lined the walkway to applaud the veterans and as we were leaving, a high school band
Preparing for the Presidency
It’s quite a wonderful collection and everyone who put it together deserves thanks. DC PHOTO BOOK just arrived and I am reminded of the various inaugurations I have photographed. I am happy this year to be working indoors!
NYPD and WWII Memorial
Getting down to the WWII Memorial is always a treat. My first task, a request from furniture maker Jeffrey Jaskiewicz for an image he could use to adorn a rocking chair and so made a pan from the West side of the Memorial. I then wandered over to visit with the “usual suspects” and found George Kerestes […]
National Reflecting Pool…?
The National Mall’s fabulous reflecting pool is temporarily “out of order”. After an extensive 34 million dollar renovation, the District and it’s guests were only stunned by its beauty temporarily. Within a few days of the opening, “algae and scum” (see photo below) were reported to be taking over. Ever filled with foreboding that a photo will disappear, I was down to the Memorial on opening day and am delighted I did.
Tidewater: Fall Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay
Cool weather brought out hundreds of boats from Herrington Harbour South out on the Chesapeake Bay this weekend and L’Escargot happened to be passing by LaNeve, a restored Cape Dory 31 which my neighbor Jim Evans has been working on. There were tons of fishing boats which looked to be picking up crabs, flounder and rockfish […]
750 Veterans visit WWII Memorial
Senators Robert and Elizabeth Dole and General Colin Powell greet 750 WWII Veterans who visited the WWII Memorial this last Saturday. I took a few pictures but more importantly, I directed bus traffic! The pictures are available for free download to veterans and their families.
Martin Luther King Memorial
This image was taken about a month ago. As I was wondering along the Tidal Basin on the way to the WWII Memorial, MLK was exposed! It looks to be a beautiful memorial and I am looking forward to photographing it more thoroughly when it opens this August 28th.
Chicago Honor Flight Outdoes HBO!
The green clad Chicago troops arrived in force and with great dispatch began to map out an elaborate ceremony with the Honor Guard. It was a beautiful sight and I urge you to visit the Photo Gallery to see multiple views. Honor Flight is featured in the Jewel of the Mall: WWII Memorial book
“I shop at Hyvee!….Iowa Visits World War II Memorial
For the last two years, I’ve gotten book orders from the Iowa Hyvee for Honor Flights who I haven’t had a chance to meet but today Iowa was here at the World War II Memorial. And “I’m going shop at Hyvee!” even if they don’t have any stores in the DC area. I think it’s […]
Kilroy Was Here Commemorative Stamp
I got this email from Pat Tillery who is pushing to have Kilroy put on a stamp: “Stephen, I received your excellent book yesterday. Thank you. After only a glance, it thoroughly exploded an old theory of mine about photography. Back when I worked as a civilian in Bangkok, I had a Pentax 35mm camera […]