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“I’m thankful to be alive,” said Priscilla Shannon of Grand Rapids after getting safetly out of her home when it caught on fire Monday, March 1 “you can replace your things but you can’t replace life.” Shannon had just learned all her things had been burned in the fire, but was greatful her two pitbulls were safe.
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So the other week I had to hike through woods and down railroad tracks to photograph a US 131 overpass for a story about MDOT projects. The sun was out, the sky was blue, and the graffiti was everywhere. It was interesting to be underneath the expressway. The decrepit lawn chairs kind of gave me the creeps and I didn’t stick around too long, but it did make me wonder what varieties of people had hung out below this bridge. Another example of the interesting places you may find yourself in on any given day as a journalist. (Grand Rapids Press Photos)
Indianapolis Star Senior Photographer Matt Detrich gives a presentation of his work in the 2008 Beijing Olympics during the Michigan Press Photographers Association awards dinner.
Excited to have finally placed higher than “Honorable Mention,” in the 2009 pictures of the year contest, Katy and I take a photograph of ourselves in our amazing pool-side room at the Quality Inn.
Cory Morse of the Muskegon Chronicle, on right, poses with Steve Jessmore beside the Barry Edmonds Award mirror after signing the trophy.
This year’s Michigan Press Photographer’s Association seminar was a much needed weekend of inspiration and perspective. Steve Jessmore, a Senior Editor for Photo at The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, and once my teacher at Central Michigan, was a judge and gave great insight into storytelling through these tough times. Fellow GR Press photographer Katy Batdorff and I had a great time making pictures of ourselves in mirrors as well. To view this year’s MPPA results, visit
http://mppa.org/poy/?c=2009-Pictures-of-the-Year
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I was doing some blue sky/warm weather hunting the other day and happily stumbled on these 13 year-olds screeching and flailing on Reeds Lake. It made me think about when we used to live on Silver Lake in Rockford. I had a white pair of figure skates with the lovely fuzzy yellow ball on top. What was that for anyway? (Grand Rapids Press Photo)
Struggling to stay up for the Olympics.
