It’s been a little more than two weeks since “The Turk” delivered the abrupt news that I’d be out of a job, along with three other staff photographers, and three longtime editors at the newspaper I’d worked at for nearly 7 years here in New York. Ironically, that’s more time on staff at this paper than any other in my career. Where did the time go? There are so many memories. So many good assignments. So many good people I’d worked with and met out in the field amongst the public and readership. Travel & personal work. Now is not quite the time to reminisce though, more of just an acknowledgement here that the work continues. And that I continue to make good images. Here’s a few images I’ve made recently, including a wedding reception for friends (below) in a NYC warehouse that was transformed into a themed party, and a magazine assignment for RoadKing Magazine (bottom), only days after the layoffs. Stay tuned and thanks… ~cg.
Partygoers play Craps during a Prohibition-era themed wedding reception at the Metropolitan Building in Long Island City, NY on Saturday, November 16, 2013. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS
The wedding couple after being formally introduced during their Prohibition-era themed wedding reception at the Metropolitan Building in Long Island City, NY on Saturday, November 16, 2013. They were married in a private ceremony on the Almafi Coast in Italy in September. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS
Truck driver Dale Davenport of Lafayette, Indiana during a stop at the T/A Maybrook truck stop in Montgomery, NY on Sunday, November 3, 2013. Davenport, who drives for Conway Freight, has lost weight and kept it off by participating in their wellness program. © Chet Gordon for RoadKing Magazine
Chet Gordon resides in the lower Hudson Valley region of New York. A photojournalist for more than 25 years, he recently worked as Westchester Magazine's first photo editor, and previously was a staff photographer at four NYC metro area newspapers. He was also a photo editor at the NY Daily News for 5 years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, International Herald-Tribune, USA Today, MailOnline (UK), Army Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Popular Photography magazines, among others. He is a career member of the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA), and a former board member of the NY Press Photographer’s Association (NYPPA). He served honorably as a U.S. Marine in the mid-1980's, including 2+ years stationed on Okinawa, Japan, and throughout Southeast Asia. A longtime volunteer and travel enthusiast, he accompanies several humanitarian aid clients on their international disaster relief and medical missions. Since 1997, he's worked in several African countries, the Middle East, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, as well as Afghanistan, Haiti, the Russian Federation, and Thailand. He routinely mentors young photographers looking to break into the industry and vacations in Bermuda and Kenya.
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