New York Times Vows: Molly Palmer and Lee Cowan
Network journalists Molly Palmer, and Lee Cowan sparked a romance during the notorious Balloon Boy coverage back in 2009. Last weekend they got married and I covered it for The New York Times Vows section.
Baseball Factory Yankee Spring Training Experience
Baseball Factory Yankee Spring Training Experience at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg College.
For Education Week: The Effects of Poverty on Education
I was tasked by Education Week director of photography Charlie Borst to find a student in the Baltimore City Public School system to be the face of poverty for a story about how socioeconomic status impacts educational success. Along the way I met homeless family Tameka Harrison and her first-grade son, Jahmal and got to spend a day with them and photograph Jahmal’s School City Spring Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore.
Elizabeth Cline is Hot!
Portraits of Elizabeth Cline, Author of the Penguin Press book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Price of Cheap Fashion.
The Rising Cost of Day Care for the New York Times
Baltimore woman Sheontay Smith, 27, is on a waiting list for subsidized child care. She is photographed Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in the Southwest neighborhood of Baltimore “Sowebo” where she works as an inspection scheduler for the Baltimore Housing Authority. Day care for her three-year-old is $520 a month, her second highest monthly expense next [...]
For AARP Bulletin: The Faces of Social Security …and then some.
AARP Bulletin DOP Michael Wichita called me up a few months ago — actually, while I was in Denver for Geekfest – needing an in-house mock up made so he could pitch an illustration idea to his bosses for a big story they’re doing on the kind of people who use Social Security. He needed it [...]
Education Week: Safety & Restorative Practices
The Baltimore City charter school City Springs has implemented several structural practices such as single gender classrooms and the Restorative Practices pedagogy.
I’m on The Image Deconstructed this week!
In case y’all haven’t heard of The Image Deconstructed blog, it’s an amazing resource! It deals with photographers’ mental processes & as a whole, gives insite into how photographers think — and sometimes feel — when they’re making pictures. It’s the brain child of Ross Taylor, who — and it should go without saying — [...]
For AARP Bulletin: Iverson Mall Walkers
Members of the Iverson Mall Walkers walk the upstairs at Iverson Mall in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland Wednesday, September 14, 2011. This was an early shoot (yaaaaawn/streeetch), but
For AARP Bulletin: Chronic Pain Management Class
Gerald Genrich participates in the relaxation portion of the “You Can! Live Well Virginia!,” a six-week grant-funded program that helps seniors learn how to manage their chronic pain independently. The program offered at the Mount Vernon Rec Center in Alexandria, Virginia, ended the six-week workshop Tuesday, June 21, 2011. I shot this assignment for AARP [...]
For the New York Times: DC’s new Media Brat Pack
Brian Beutler, reporter with Talking Points Memo, and Dave Weigel’s (seen below) roommate, works at Sticky Fingers Bakery in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington DC Friday, March 4, 2011. Brian Beutler is part of a friend group comprised of increasingly influential DC political journalists and bloggers. These are some photos from a super fun [...]
For Education Week: Turn Around Schools
The management of Garrison Middle School, a Baltimore City Public School, was taken over by Global Partnership Schools, a private company charged with turning the formerly underperforming school around. I shot a really interesting assignment for Education Week Thursday, February 24, 2011. In some districts across the nation, private, for profit companies are being allowed to [...]
Drew Anthony Smith
Drew Anthony Smith These are a few “test shots” from an Athlete of the Year shoot I
My Best “Runts” of 2010 pt. 2
The world is funny, isn’t it? Or at lest that how it seems to me. …but then again, I’m the guy who laughs too much during movies. This is the second installment of my Best Runts of 2010. The first is here. Can I first start by saying I can’t stand lifestyle images. You know what [...]
For The NYT’s: Centreville, MD What You Get for … $300,000
Sally Borghardt’s renovated 1840′s Centreville, MD home is selling for $292,500. Check out the New York Times article and accompanying slideshow. My photos are in the middle. For this shoot I got assignment editor Becky Lebowitz’s approval to use a Nikkor 24mm PC-E — often referred to as a “tilt shift lens” because it does some [...]
Eleven-year-old Weight Lifter
(photo by Matt Roth) Tyler Maizels, from Parkton, is a nationally ranked bronze medalist in his weight lifting age division. The eleven-year-old is photographed at his family’s home gym Thursday, August 12, 2010. He and his mother Patty Maizels competed in the Maryland State Championships August 16-17 in Frederick, MD. You can read the North [...]
For the NYT’s: A New Baltimore Arts District?
Buck Jabaily, director of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance stands outside the Single Carrot Theater, which he helped co-found 10 years ago. The small performing arts theater is located in Baltimore’s first arts district, Station North, which was also set up ten years ago. I worked on a story for the New York Times a [...]
Glitter, A Mini-Tramp, and Dancers! …not what you think.
As if you couldn’t tell, I made a promo card. Now, If you want to see The Collective, perform… YOU’RE IN LUCK! They’ll be performing at The Creative Alliance this Friday, August 20th. This is my girlfriend, Jess’s company. …or it’s the company she belongs to/co-directs. Below is the second promo card design, and a buncha cool [...]
Spring Preview Outtake
In my most recent Spring Preview portrait post, I might have made it seem like the studio is not a fun place. but… …as you can see, if you give a hula hoop to some people and fun can’t not be had.
Sports Up Part 4! …and a little bit about the “other” image.
For last year’s Manchester Valley football preview photo illustration the football player scheduled to ride the horse in full football regalia wasn’t too used to horse riding. So… he had a stunt double fill in. I was sworn to secrecy. I wasn’t allowed to tell who the actual rider is. So… let your imaginations go [...]
The Strobist for The Howard County Times
Sometimes photographing another photographer can be intimidating. …sometimes it can be annoying. But I felt neither emotion when I got to photograph David Hobby last week. It was