Albuquerque Trib reunion 2 – Images by Steven St. John
February 23rd marks the final edition of the Albuquerque Tribune. For this, the second anniversary, alumni gathered to remember the best little newspaper ever. It was wonderful seeing so many members of my tribe, and I miss those who couldn’t join us.
When photographing boring ceremonial check passings, the kind without any big checks, cute kids in cowboy hats can really save you. He’s looking at a model of the future hospital in Santa Rosa New Mexico.
Man, over a month and no posts… maybe posting more often should be my New Years resolution that I fail at this year. It probably was last year too. Anyway, here is a snow feature from my final editorial assignment of the year. I’ll try to do better next time.
Stacia Spragg-Braude's book To Walk in Beauty: A Navajo Family's Journey Home.
“Looking through Stacia’s initial submission and then later through a larger selection of her photographs, I remember being struck by the beauty, power, mystery and intimacy of the black and white images of a landscape, culture and people I was unfamiliar with. I recall feeling that she’s not only a fiercely dedicated and determined photojournalist, but must have an intense personal connection and relationship with this family to spend roughly a decade making these photographs and telling this family’s story.”
There is a wonderful interview with my dear friend and former colleague at The Albuquerque Tribune Stacia Spragg-Braude that I found via the APAD blog at photographer Matthew Ratajczak’s blog Eat the Darkness. Buy the book now.
Stacia Spragg-Braude presenting her book "To walk in beauty" at the Old San Ysidro Church in Corrales.
Here is a link to a slideshow of photos I made for in El Paso Texas and Juárez Mexico for The Wall Street Journal. I want to thank journalists Adriana Gomez Licon and Monica Ortiz Uribe for helping me with the challenging logistics of photographing numerous locations on both sides of the border in a very short window of time.
Since former Washington DC based Rocky Mountain News reporter ME Sprengelmeyer purchased the Guadalupe County Communicator, he has put an emphasis on getting good photography into the small weekly paper. I was honored to be included this week with a football photo above the fold on A1. My friend and personal photo editor Mark Holm has been a regular contributor, and also has a photo on the front page. Very cool to see in a time when all you hear is bad news for newspapers. Former Rocky star and fellow Scripps Howard castoff Chris Schneider has also made some wonderful features around Santa Rosa for the paper.
This is a great idea. I found Pro Photographers Network on what is fast becoming a favorite new blog, Resolve.