While voters lined up to cast their ballot at a Lebanon, N.H., school meeting, a closed-circuit camera was trained on the U.S. flag. The photo is one of my Archival Quality favorites. Polls across the country are open today to enable all of us to have our say on local, state and national races. Do your part — don’t forget to vote!
Category Archives: Archival Quality
Emily & David
When Emily came over to say hello to her grandmother during her wedding reception at the Hanover Inn in Hanover, N.H., Emily’s face lit up when she got a big hug and kiss. I thought of how special my grandfather was to me, which makes the picture one of my Archival Quality favorites.
Campaign Coverage
In the noise of today’s political campaigns, I get a little nostalgic for the time of one-on-one coverage of a candidate. Featured in today’s Archival Quality, I followed Democrat Peter Welch as he campaigned for governor in Vermont’s 1990 race against Republican Richard Snelling (below Welch is studying his notes before a debate in Colchester, Vt). It was published as part of a photo story in the Valley News — it was one of my favorite experiences as a newspaper photographer.
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Tara & Scott
Featured today in Archival Quality, Tara gets attention from one of her bridesmaids while preparing for her wedding at Mountain Meadows Lodge in Killington, Vt. The relaxed feeling of Scott and Tara’s wedding fit well at the inn, one of my favorite places to photograph weddings.
Sharla & Dennis
How does someone get married at Fenway Park, the home of the Boston Red Sox? Sharla and Dennis just called and asked! They called me, too, to be their photographer. The November 2003 wedding was one of the first at the ballpark, and this photo is one of my Archival Quality picks.
James Nachtwey
Today in Archival Quality: Alumnus James Nachtwey returned to Dartmouth College in 1994 to show and talk about his work as a photographer covering conflicts across the world. Nachtwey had a news conference at the Hood Museum of Art, which I covered for the Valley News. His work is the true definition of documentary photography — being in the right place at the right time. Profiled a few years later in the documentary film War Photographer, Nachtwey returns to the college this year as a Roth Distinguished Visiting Scholar.
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Finding the Doorbell
My friendship with Cindy Pierce is featured in today’s installment of Archival Quality. I first met Cindy when I photographed her wedding in 1996. Nearly five years later, Cindy called to say she was developing a new show, Finding the Doorbell, and needed help with publicity photography and a web site. Cindy and I had many laughs while doing portraits around Pierce’s Inn, the rustic inn she and her husband Bruce own. Cindy now speaks to college students across the country about sex and relationships — check out her new web site to read all about it!
Jemima & Todd
In this installment of Archival Quality, five years ago today I photographed Jemima and Todd’s wedding at her family’s Hartland, Vt., farm. It was a glorious (and photogenic!) fall day. But this image, taken later on under the tent, was my favorite because I caught a private moment amongst the day’s flurry of activity.
Eat More Kale
Welcome to the first installment of Archival Quality, a series looking at favorite photos of mine from over 30 years as a photographer.
Up first: Every summer our dinner table is graced with wonderful organic produce grown by our neighbors, Wendy and Jean Palthey, at Tunbridge Hill Farm. A couple of years ago I visited their farm first thing in the morning. As the sun cut through the morning fog, I noticed large dew drops on their Red Russian Kale. I’m glad I brought my macros lens!
