Tag: Scott Strazzante
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sad homecoming – Shooting from the Hip
Link: On November 1st, Army Pfc. Andrew N. Meari of Plainfield, Illinois, died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Today, Maeri’s remains were escorted through the streets of Plainfield and Joliet.
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the summer games
Link: Last weekend, I was at a house party and on the television was a show highlighting top Olympic moments of the past. As I sat and watched the highlights, I realized that during the three Olympics that I have photographed (Athens, Torino and Beijing) I have witnessed some incredible moments.
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Barack Obama- four more years
Link: I had the immense honor of photographing United States President Barack Obama’s re-election celebration in Chicago last night/early this morning
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Daddy’s Girl
Link: “Definitely his ‘Daddy’s Girl’, Addison has struggled greatly with the loss of her father.”
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A conversation with Scott Strazzante about Common Ground
Link: The vast majority of my successful diptychs have come about when I just shoot without looking to match farm photos. Only two of the pairings were planned before hand. One was the aerial comparison and the other was shooting out of a second floor bedroom window in the Grabenhofer home to match a photo…
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gaining (common) ground
Link: Besides the Chicago Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup run, throughout the past month, my Common Ground personal project has been an almost constant thought in my head.
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pittsburgh: walking on hallowed ground
Link: Despite its yellow bridges, Pittsburgh is well-suited to black and white photography.
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big boys basketball
Link: The ad used a photo of a pot of gold, captioned with “Your pot of gold is right here baby. Report unlicensed software and GET PAID.” The photo used in the ad was of a cake baked by Cakecentral user Bethasd
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embracing the cliche – Shooting from the Hip
Link: At my day job, I need my work to appeal to a wide range of photographic IQs. But, with my street work, I guess I am aiming to please the photo literate and when, I make an image that is too popular, in a weird way, I don’t feel as good as when I…
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Shooting from the Hip SF Style – SF: The Hip
Link: Just like in Chicago, SF: The Hip will consist of a heavy dose of iPhone street photography mixed with my daily work at the San Francisco Chronicle and some occasional musings about the state of photojournalism.
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In The Ring Light: Scott Strazzante – by BP Miller | The Photo Brigade
In The Ring Light: Scott Strazzante – by BP Miller – The Photo Brigade In his new column, BP Miller interviews photographer Scott Strazzante about his career and new book “Shooting From The Hip”. via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2017/12/in-the-ring-light-scott-strazzante-by-bp-miller/ Recently I had a chance to sit down with photojournalist Scott Strazzante. Among his achievements over…
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The surprising serendipity of images from a photographer shooting from the hip – The Washington Post
Perspective | The surprising serendipity of images from a photographer shooting from the hip For the past six years, photographer Scott Strazzante has been creating a shadow body of work separate from the images he makes working full time for a daily newspaper. Strazzante, who has excelled at every kind of news assignment in his…
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Buying the Farm, Building a Subdivision – NYTimes.com
Buying the Farm, Building a Subdivision A quick assignment on a farm turned into a two-decade look at what happened when developers transformed the farmland into a suburban subdivision. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/buying-the-farm-building-a-subdivision/ Scott Strazzante thought he had a quick newspaper assignment photographing a farm in suburban Chicago. Instead, he spent the next 20 years…
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a final thank you – Shooting from the Hip
a final thank you After nearly 13 years, today is my final day as a staff photographer for my hometown paper, the Chicago Tribune.
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When Photos Lie: Sticking Up for Jalen Brunson
Link: When Photos Lie: Sticking Up for Jalen Brunson – Shooting from the Hip I felt the image could be misconstrued, so, I decided that it would be reckless of me to transmit the photo and take a chance that someone who didn’t see the play unfold would think that Jalen Brunson was flipping off…
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my best photos of 2013
Link: my best photos of 2013 – Shooting from the Hip As a newspaper photographer, each year takes a different path.
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Blindsided
Link: Blindsided – Shooting from the Hip I was assigned to photograph Dolores Pittman, a blind 67-year-old grandmother, as she spent the final days in what had been her home for the past 55 years in Cedar Lake, Indiana.