The Mind of...

Carlos Mencia. He got more than a few laughs out of the ushers.

Up in Smoke

Vacant commercial building fire.

Wildlife

I didn't think there were any here, but I found an animal by the river.

Almost Gone

EuroBungy - I need to get one of these.

POW/MIA

POW/MIA Remembrance Service

America at Home

Hanging out in my neighbor's apartment; photo submitted to the America at Home book thing.

b-dubs

Unrelated snaps while on assignment this week.

Leveled

Home explosion in NW South Bend. Fire Marshall: "[The house was] totally demolished."

Got the Touch

Massage class at the community center.

Roadside

This one is a few weeks old but I found it today and decided to put it up. Accident clean-up on the tollroad.

On Stage

Members of the Tin Shop Theater rehearse for the play Males Order Brides. Buchanan, Mich.

Faceless

Portrait of a woman affected by HIV/AIDS in her home, wishing to remain unidentifiable.

Baseball Baptism

Aleks and Tracy were just two of over 300 people to be baptized during a mass baptism ceremony here on Sunday. The annual event usually takes place at a lake north of South Bend, but this year they had the opportunity to hold it in the minor league baseball stadium. Tracy's apparent emotions during the day attracted me to photograph them at several different points.


Anticipation.


Holy Water.


Profession of faith.




Cleansed.


Home run for Christ.

Vince

Vince is a WWII vet from New York City and he really belongs back in Central Park next to a chess board. He told me and Ed that if he can make one person laugh a day then he's done his job. We chuckled at that and he said, "OK, now I can go home and sleep." He has also built a street rep for himself by fake sword fighting passers-by with his cane, mostly other people with canes or in wheelchairs. "I've never touched anybody in 20 years," he said, "but now I get people that point to me and say 'stay away from him, he's that mean old guy.' I have fun with it."

Lights

Looking through old files I found a collection of lamppost-inspired shots. Perhaps they have some symbolic meaning to my subconscious but mostly I find they provide interesting lines in otherwise static compositions.

Welcome to Michiana

Various shots from the first two weeks at the South Bend Tribune in Northern Indiana.



Blueberry Festival arm-wrestling competition. Plymouth, IN.


Arlington Midwest traveling display. South Bend, IN.


High school soccer. Mishawaka, IN.


Waiting out a power outage. South Bend, IN.


Evening concert in the park. Mishawaka, IN.


Backyard family gathering. Vandalia, MI.