Posts Tagged ‘Travel’
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 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 […]
WWII Memorial Photo Installation
The show of WWII Memorial images is entitled a “A Memorial Comes To Life” and the prints are almost all in place. The Women In Military Service To America Memorial is an extraordinary building both inside and out.
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 […]
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.
TIDEWATER: Chesapeake Bay Photos on IPAD
TIDEWATER: The Chesapeake Bay in Photographs is now available on iBooks! While we like our print books, we have to admit the images look fantastic on screen. This digital edition includes new photographs, captions and links to additional resources for your next trip to the Bay. TIDEWATER remains the most complete photographic book on the […]
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
DC PHOTO BOOK at the Spy Museum!
As of today, the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC will be handling the DC PHOTO BOOK. We are very excited to have the book at their bookstore which houses a wonderful collection of books on espionage and intrigue. DC PHOTO BOOK holds no tales of covert operations yet, but hopefully in time the […]
Honor Flight Summit 2013
The Honor Flight Summit held at BWI airport this weekend was grand! If you were tasked with finding the nicest people in the United States, using Honor Flight as a filter would certainly bring the cream right to the top. 160 plus hub leaders and volunteers gathered to discuss solutions and issues around moving elderly […]
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!
Revised DC PHOTO BOOK
We are happy to report that the first bound copies of the revised DC PHOTO BOOK have arrived! We’ve spent the last eight months redesigning the DC PHOTO BOOK and are quite delighted with the finished product. The updated book features new spreads on the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Holocaust […]
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 […]
Honor Flight Chicago Roundtrip
The trip with Chicago Honor Flight was amazing. 5000 people were at the airport to greet the veterans upon their return with bagpipes wailing, four marching bands, 1500 sailors, 700 motorcyclists and some two to three thousand family, friends and boy scouts,… . It was electric! Chicago really turns it on so I managed […]
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.
Reflecting Pool: Labor Day
After a number of years, the reflecting pool is “reflecting” and we have our precious views restored to us. This was taken about 7 PM on Labor Day and crowds of people gathered just to admire the perfect view.
Tuskeegee Airman Leads Chicago Tribute
Lawton Wilkerson, one of the Tuskeegee Airman lead the Chicago Honor Flight ceremony today. One hundred WWII veterans visited the WWII Memorial today and were part of a ceremony which included a “lot of photography”. The photographic archives of Chicago’s Honor Flight are perhaps the most complete of all the Honor Flights. The images from […]
REFLECTING POOL ALMOST REFLECTING
It’s been a long time between reflections but after two years of driving piles and pouring concrete, the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln and Washington and adjacent to the WWII Memorial will be opened this September. I am looking forward to seeing a completed Mall as prior to this, the Lincoln had been undergoing renovation.
Advertising in National Parks Traveler
These three ads will be displayed randomly in a new advertising campaign we are developing with National Parks Traveler. We have committed to 20000 impressions a month and are hoping to watch the site stats soar! It’s more interesting than gambling.