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My Rock and Roll Photos in a Newspaper

My Rock and Roll Photos in a Newspaper

Back in August, I had the opportunity to take photos at the Outside Lands music festival for the Benicia Herald newspaper in California. During the first three songs of their sets, I was in the photographer’s pit snapping away as Al Green, Phoenix, Nas & Damian Marley and Janelle Monae …
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San Francisco Giants World Series Celebration Photo Essay

San Francisco Giants World Series Celebration Photo Essay

For the first time since moving to California from New York City in 1958, the San Francisco Giants are the World Series champions of Major League Baseball. After trouncing the Texas Rangers in 5 games, the team returned to the City by the Bay on Wednesday, November 3, 2010, for …
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Celebrating Thai New Year With a Huge Water Fight

Celebrating Thai New Year With a Huge Water Fight

Thai New Year, known locally as Songkran, is celebrated grandly in Bangkok by dousing friends and strangers with water and wiping a mixture of chalk powder and water on people’s faces. Both are meant to be symbols for the substances used by monks to bless people and anyone who goes …
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