End of an Era – The Pulse, aka Philadelphicon
Be forewarned that I might get a little sappy here. I’ve been known to do so. The March issue of Philadelphia Magazine marks the end of a small epoch for me. Since November of 2005, I’ve been given the honor of making the opening photograph of the calendar section in Philadelphia Magazine. I haven’t made [...]
Clip: MSNBC.com
I had a quick editorial shoot for MSNBC.com the other week with Laurie Besden, a lawyer and recovering drug addict who begin using prescription drugs to pass the bar exam. The habit eventually took over her life and she was arrested on multiple occasions and lost her license. She has since quit the habit and [...]
New Clips: Yoga Journal
Just received a couple of clips of published images, which I made last year in NYC. They were shot for Yoga Journal‘s department sections in the Feb. issue. It was a fun assignment, if challenging. It went down like this: Yoga Journal asked me to shoot 3 separate assignments in one day because all the [...]
Packing up the Hasselblad & Gettin' Nostalgic
I was packing up my beloved Hasselblad today in order to ship off to the repair center. It suffered a tragic fall last summer (I’m not blaming anyone….) and I’m only now getting it out the door. Shame, shame on me. After packing it up, I continued my other task, which has been re-editing my [...]
Altpick Award Win
I’m sure all you dedicated readers of NFTHO (yeah, I’m speaking to you mom.) remember my mention of a small project I completed last year about one of the last roller rinks in Philadelphia, the Elmwood Roller Rink in Southwest Philly. I just learned yesterday that this little project was awarded an honorable mention in [...]
Tales From a Recovered Independent Contractor
Photo by Chris Hamilton. Sweetwater, Texas, rattlesnake round-up. ca. I-Have-No-Idea. WARNING: This is long and rambling. And this is the NY Times article that spawned the rant. 11-years ago, my first job in photography was as a part-time photographer at the Arlington Morning News in Texas, a small suburban paper owned by the Belo Corp., [...]
From the Archive: Ireland.
In an effort to expand my presence in this whole Internet thing (I hear it’s going to be big.), I wanted to start exploring the capabilities to share images from my archive on this blog using Photoshelters’ Way-Too-Powerful-for-Ryan-to-Understand marketing tools. So here is a small slideshow of images from my Ireland visit last year, with [...]
The Talented Mr. Donnell
So my talented younger brother, Colin, was in town last month. He was touring with the Broadway show Wicked. (He was playing Fiyero for all those who actually know the show.) It was great having him in town, since we haven’t lived in the same town for any length of time since I was in [...]
Philadelphia Snowpocalypse 2010
Just thought I’d share a few images, taken whilst walking Hank, from the snow frenzy here. I have to say, seems most people that live downtown don’t seem to be having too many problems gettin’ round. Maybe one more reason to live in a city?
NYT: Magnum Archive Preservation
News Photos, on the Move, Make News In the middle of December two trailer trucks left New York City bound for Austin, Tex., packed with a precious and unusual cargo: the entire collection of pictures amassed over more than half a century by the Magnum photo cooperative, whose members have been among the world’s most [...]
Curtis Institute Story in Philadelphia Magazine
Last December, I got to spend about a week shadowing two talented young musicians for a story by John Marchese in the Feb. 2010 issue of Philadelphia Magazine. Becky Anderson and Ben Beilman were gracious enough to let me tag along during long rehearsals and performances. Keep an eye out for these two. Amazing. Big [...]