Friday, October 31, 2008
Rites of Life Part 8: The Caregiver
This is the most powerful story so far in the Rites of Life series. Its about Lisa Dibble, a woman that became the caregiver literally overnight for her two parents. Both parents are diagnosed with dementia with Lisa becoming their caregiver. It's been an overwhelming stress for Dibble who was brave enough to let us into her life. She shared her story with us in hopes that it would bring better support for caregivers. For her sake and the sake of anybody else in a position similar to hers, I hope so too.
Check out the blog to read the story and see the slideshow (which is the best so far) at www.theritesoflife.blogspot.com
Friday, October 24, 2008
The Lively Statue
I really love making inanimate objects seem life like. I took these pictures at the D-Day memorial in Bedford, Va. when they install new sculptures.
America's next top firefighter
I've been to lumberjack competitions, I heard of the red neck games, but I've never heard of firefighter competitions. A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to go and photograph one.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Rites of Life Part 7: Last Stop
This is part seven of rites of life. This story is about Becky Shorter a bus driver who is retiring after driving a bus for over 30 years in Appomattox, Va. Go to the Rites of Life blog to an audio slide show and to read Liz's story.
www.theritesoflife.blogspot.com
Friday, October 10, 2008
Soulforce at Liberty
A week ago I photographed Soulforce's visit to Liberty. Soulforce is a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender christian group that tours around the country fighting for equal rights.
When word got out about Soulforces's visit Liberty announced that they would not let them step foot on campus. This meant that the protesters would be arrested once they marched on campus (which they said they would do). In the end Liberty did the right thing and let the group on campus with no incident. While covering the event I felt a sense of pride for the country in realizing that we've come along way. It was only about three years ago that twenty of the protesters were arrested.
Although the group did experience some hostility from the students they did what they set out to do. They facilitated a healthy and peaceful debate about sexual orientation on the campus. It was a good day for the world.
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