Past Work

Photojournalism

NEWSPAPERS

Covering Daily Life in Texas

I grew up reading Life Magazine and, as such, I became interested in photography. I bought my first camera, a Canon AT-1 in 1976 and in the early 80's, I took a few photography courses and started processing my own film and making prints in my apartment's bathroom.

I began my career as a photojournalist in early 1984,
working for a small, daily East Texas newspaper in Palestine, Texas. I had been exploring the craft of photography since 1981 and knew that I wanted to be a photojournalist, but breaking into the field was not easy. The Palestine Herald-Press hired me and gave me a chance to develop as a photojournalist. I really learned my craft and developed my skill as a photojournalist in Palestine. I worked there for five years before moving on to Waco, Texas, where I worked five years for the Waco Tribune-Herald.

Here are a few samples of photographs that I made while covering news, sports, and features in Texas between 1984 and 1993. Originally, these photographs were printed on photographic paper. I copied the photographs digitally several years ago.
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Competitors embrace after finishing first and second in a regional track meet.

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After running out of gas and landing in a farmer's field near Waco, Texas, the pilot and a group of people maneuver his plane for take off.

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In 1993 at the Federal Courthouse in Waco, Texas, a Branch Davidians is led away back to jail following a hearing.

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A news conference is held following a federal raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.

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A mother takes advantage of a car wash to treat her children to some summer fun while washing her car in Palestine, Texas.

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In my early days, generating feature photographs was a large part of my daily work. The Associated Press circulated this photograph globally and it hung at one time in the AP New York City offices.

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Counselors comfort grieving family members after a mass shooting in Killeen, Texas.

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Soldiers returning from Operation Desert Storm are welcomed home at Fort Hood, Texas.

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I photographed numerous high school, college and sometimes professional football games.

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A Baylor football player makes the catch during a game played in Waco, Texas.

Freelance

NEWS AND FEATURES
I traveled to Poland in 1988 with a group of Baptists and later returned several times in the early 90's. I wrote and photographed several stories. I moved to Poland with my family in 1997 in order to work with Polish Baptists. While living and working in Poland, I volunteered in 1999 to work with Baptist relief efforts Albania and later in Kosovo. Below are two groups of photographs that I made from that era (digital copies of photographic prints).