A New Hope for Haiti: Katia Cadet, Behind the Scenes
Going from concept to pitch to playout in seven days is not an easy task. From tracking vocals until sunrise Saturday, shooting until 4am Sunday and then working on post until… well, later today, it’s been non-stop. But it’s worth it. Already people are starting to remember Haiti, and our promised efforts there. With promotion [...]
The Punch
I’m amazed that the speedlight fired with every exposure (thank you Canon!). Devin Meece, a bartender at Yorkville’s American Trash, takes a swing at the arcade punching bag. He connects.
Why Sean Penn Doesn’t Care About CRITICS; VIDEO and Slideshow
Sean Penn has every reason to be pissed at his critics. When I talked to him in Haiti (I was embedded with the 1st-73rd Airborne Cav, 2 Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne out at FOB Grey, in an abandoned country club – story and images here) he was tired, sweaty, in the middle of juggling several satellite phone calls as he tried to get generators down to the disaster response team down the hill. His camp was sprawling; two entire tennis courts. His room and board in Haiti? A tent, smaller than most families take to go camping. The rest of the space on the courts was reserved for humanitarian supplies he’d had flown in and was working with the Army to distribute.
Woman in Tent City, Haiti, January 2010
Woman in Tent City, Haiti, January 2010, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff. HAITI, JANUARY 2010: A girl hides her face behind the tin wall of just one dwelling In a 5000-person camp we found in Petion-Ville that, at the time, had not yet been discovered. I took this while standing on the pick-up bed of [...]
PUBLISHED: Ospreys Get their Humanitarian test in Haiti
My third story for Popular Mechanics — this one on the much maligned, but very, very cool, MV-22 Osprey at work in Haiti, is up at PopularMechanics.com. USS Bataan, HAITI — An MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft launches from the flight deck of the Bataan during Operation Unified Response. The relief effort in Haiti is the [...]
PUBLISHED: Flagship in a Box
My next piece for Popular Mechanics is up! Read on to learn how the military is developing command and control units to replace to all-important flagship of yore. Lashed to the USS Bataan’s crowded hangar deck, a group of four sea containers provides complete command and control access for a commanding Naval officer. It also gives [...]
Medivac IM
Yay! The first story from Haiti is online at Popular Mechanics; click through to learn how the Navy coordinated with the Army to streamline medivac flights… by using a simple, internet chatroom. Somewhere, Steve Case is smiling. 60s on the beach.
Can you Copyright a Dead Man?
Apparently you can, according to Bravado International Group Merchandising services, who, according to an e-mail I received from CafePress sent a notice to Bravado “stating that the use of Michael Jackson’s name, image or likeness infringes upon Bravado International Group Merchandising Services, Inc.’s intellectual property rights (copyright/trademark/right of publicity).” Whole issue was in response to [...]
One Day Equals
April 28th is Empire State Pride Agenda’s Equality & Justice Day. Thousands of New Yorkers will travel to Albany to meet one-on-one with their lawmakers and tell their stories. For the first time in history, we have a pro-LGBT majority in Albany. We are mere votes away from true justice and equality for the LGBT [...]
Mo Rocca Digs In to Cover the Battle for the iPhone
OH MY GOD they’re still waiting in line. I had the honor and pleasure of producing this segment for both Switched.com and the Mo Rocca 180 show. It’s tough to hold the camera when you’re trying your hardest not to laugh.
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