Posts Tagged ‘death’

More from the “You Don’t See This Everyday File…” 2•Aug.•13

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It’s sometimes hard to put into words when an overall scene just blows you away. These from a big commemoration in a Hasidic cemetery not far from my home. I could’ve probably stayed there for hours, waiting for the light to change, and wondered if I could’ve finally have gotten inside the mausoleum. I was […]


First Anniversary of the Michael Lembhard Shooting. Newburgh, NY (March 7th. – 8th., 2012.)

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Cherry Lembhard (27) views the blood stained floor where the fatal shooting of her brother took place inside 55 Liberty Street in Newburgh, NY on Thursday, March 8, 2012. Michael Lembhard (22) was shot and killed in a police involved shooting in the apartment late Wednesday night.  © CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record Today, March 8th., is […]


“What a week for making pictures…” July 26 – 28, 2012.

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A few favorites from the last week or so, including a horrific 5AM motor vehicle accident nearby on Saturday morning that killed two bothers…  ~cg. (2) – A man plays a flugelhorn while seated outside a restaurant in Newburgh, NY on Thursday, July 26, 2012.  © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS A Newburgh firefighter uses his […]


“Have You Ever Worked in a War Zone or Area of Conflict…?”

Health clinic security guard. Kabul, Afghanistan. May 2002.

Been thinking about some of my past career experiences working in the midst of a sometimes hostile environment. Hard to believe it’s been 13+ years since I made four trips to the Balkans (twice to both Albania and Kosovo) and 10 years since I was in Afghanistan; with brief stays in Bahrain and Pakistan as […]


*(Still) “More Winners…” for March 2012.

Basil Lembhard (17, left) is inconsolable outside St. Lukes Cornwall Hospital on Thursday morning, March 8, 2012 after learning that his brother Michael Lembhard (22) was shot and killed in a police involved shooting inside the residence late Wednesday evening.  CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record

One of the lead images from the overnight of March 7, 2012 earned me a first place in the NPPA’s (National Press Photographer’s Association) Monthly News Clip Contest for March. Amazing that I’m probably going to remember that date, as it’s the late night, and subsequent following two days’ coverage of the fatal shooting of a […]


“Anatomy of a Shooting…” Newburgh, NY March 2012

Blood stains and bullet holes in the floor inside 55 Liberty Street in Newburgh, NY on Thursday morning, March 8, 2012. Michael Lembhard (22) was shot and killed in a police involved shooting inside the residence late Wednesday night.  CHET GORDON/Times H

“Sometimes my heart doesn’t quite believe where my eyes have taken me….” From the first call from our reporter late Wednesday night, to the literally out of control press conference at City Hall on Friday morning – things have been sort of a blur for me the last few days working this story here in […]


“There are no words…” Newburgh, NY 8•March•12

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Cherry Lembhard (27) views the blood stained floor where the fatal shooting of her brother took place inside 55 Liberty Street in Newburgh, NY on Thursday, March 8, 2012. Michael Lembhard (22) was shot and killed in a police involved shooting in the apartment late Wednesday night.  CHET GORDON / Times Herald-Record


Police Involved Shooting. Newburgh, NY. 8•March•12

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Police officers and civilians outside a crime scene at 55 Liberty Street in Newburgh, NY on Thursday morning, March 8, 2012. Michael Lembhard was shot and killed in a police involved shooting inside the residence.   CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record *“You don’t see this everyday. Not even me…” Another late night shooting here in my town – […]


Funeral for Slain Police Officer. 24•Feb.•11

Margaret Falcone (center) follows the casket of her son, Poughkeepsie police officer John Falcone into St. James the Apostle Church prior to his funeral services in Carmel, NY on Thursday, February 24, 2011. Officer Falcone is the City of Poughkeepsie pol

Law enforcement officers salute as the hearse bearing the body of Poughkeepsie police officer John Falcone proceeds along Gleneida Ave. after his funeral services at St. James the Apostle Church in Carmel, NY on Thursday, February 24, 2011. Officer Falcone is the City of Poughkeepsie police officer who was killed in a shootout last week […]


"We have a double – homicide…" Newburgh, NY 5•Nov.•10

Newburgh Police Crime Scene Detectives and funeral home personnel remove the first of two bodies from 12 Liberty Street in the Heights neighborhood of the City of Newburgh, NY on Friday, November 5, 2010. Two men were the victims of a double homicide last night. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record The phone call came this morning at […]


"Little Marc has been found…" 24•March•10

NEWBURGH, NY. Candles and teddy bears at a curbside memorial for Marc Bookal on South Colden Street in the City of Newburgh, NY on Thursday, March 25, 2010. A body believed to be Marc Bookal was recovered yesterday from an empty lot on South Colden St. in the city. Bookal is the 4 year old […]


"Time Starts Now…" Newburgh, NY. 13•March•10

“News doesn’t wait. It never has…” Shameeka Burks (24) cries as she talks on a cellular telephone near the intersection of Benkard Ave. and Little Monument Street in the City of Newburgh, NY on Saturday morning, March 13, 2010. Her boyfriend, John “Tarzan” Maldonado (21) was shot and killed at the scene on Friday night. […]


Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 30•Jan.•10

This is Port-au-Prince today, two and a half weeks after the earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 people. More on all this later when I return to CONUS and am able to add a slideshow here to the blog. These are the images that we all as photojournalists push ourselves to create. No matter where […]


"Wow!" 20•Aug•09

Chiam Weinstock digs a grave prior to a traditional Hasidic burial in the Raywood Drive neighborhood of Kiryas Joel Village of Monroe, NY on Thursday, August 20, 2009. The burial was the first one outside of the cemetery in the village. A continuing bitter fight between rival factions of Satmar Hasidim took a dramatic turn […]