Recent Video Work:
In today’s multimedia work environment, publications and clients operate on a 24-hour news cycle, each with their own blogs, websites, Twitter feeds & FaceBook pages that continually need images and video. Editors and potential clients need to see that a photojournalist can produce & edit video. Here’s a sampling of some of my video work […]
“This Job Is Never Easy…” 24•July•13
A woman pauses in her father’s apartment destroyed by fire at New Windsor Gardens apartment in New Windsor, NY on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. A kitchen fire in the apartment displaced eight families and injured three firefighters in the Monday afternoon blaze. © CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record One of the many aspects I truly love about […]
“When the Best Photo Doesn’t Make the Paper. (Again)…” 12•July•13
This image from a Ramadan prayer yesterday in Newburgh, NY had to be seen in more places than just my paper’s website and my Instagram feed… ~cg. A man prays with his 4 year-old son during a Ramadan service at the Masjid Al-Ikhlas in Newburgh, NY on Friday, July 12, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth […]
“More with the GoPro Hero3 camera…” July 2013
Tried a couple of quick feature images yesterday with the GoPro Hero3 camera at the opening of the public pool in Newburgh, NY. It wasn’t quite a full-sun day, so the water isn’t as clear as I’d like and the colors didn’t pop as much as in previous work outdoors with the camera. I am […]
First Anniversary of the Michael Lembhard Shooting. Newburgh, NY (March 7th. – 8th., 2012.)
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 […]
“On Being Hardcor(e)…” October 2012
Last week I had an assignment to photograph a local high school football player who’s first name is Hardcor. As in “Hardcore…” The young man, Hardcor Coleman is a senior linebacker and tight end at Newburgh Free Academy, known for his hard-nosed style of play, and bone crushing hits. Since the weather wasn’t too cooperative, […]
“Play Like You Practice…” 31•Aug.•12
Brittany Friese of NFA swims underwater during practice at the high school in Newburgh, NY on Friday, August 31, 2012. She is the two-time defending NY State champion in the 200 and 500 freestyle. © CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record Yesterday I had an assignment to photograph the Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) Girls Swimming team. At 7:30AM. […]
*”Just Win, Baby…” June 2012
Newburgh Police officers forcibly escort an unidentified female “EDP” or emotionally disturbed person to a waiting ambulance on City Terrace, near Van Ness Street in the City of Newburgh, NY on Thursday, June 7, 2012. The woman is known to police as a frequent heroin abuser. Orange County Sheriff’s deputies are continuing their patrols of […]
“What a week for making pictures…” July 26 – 28, 2012.
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 […]
“Just Get There…” More Winners ~ May 2012
The above image was made back in May, after I’d already covered the first college graduation of the season, as well as another local assignment. I remember PD units speeding by me as I was on my way home to edit and ditch the khakis, pressed button down oxford sans tie, when I happened to […]
Ramadan in Newburgh, NY. 20•July•12
I kind of thought this image worked pretty nicely today, considering this man arrived late and missed the afternoon prayer. I’d already made the usual “safe” images of the afternoon prayer when the mosque was literally filled wall to wall. (You know, those all too familiar images with the mosque full of worshipers, all kneeling […]
It’s just “Too Darn Hot…” June ~ July 2012.
Temperatures have been hovering in the mid – high 90’s the past few weeks. Other than a few late afternoon or evening thunderstorms, the heatwave continues. Here are a few favorites, including images made with the iPhone 4s. Stay cool… ~cg. “RuRu”, a 5 1/2 month old Rottweiler keeps cool in a child’s wading pool […]
*”On thoughts of making the same image…” June 2012
When I was just starting my career, a senior colleague at a daily newspaper on the NJ Shore where I was a freelancer, made it a point to explain to me that, “There are no new pictures, just old pictures done in a new way…” I never forgot that morsel of guidance, so when an […]
*More from the “You Don’t See This Everyday…” file. 7•June•12
While covering a routine story walking with the Fire Dept. personnel who were doing building inspections in my city this afternoon, our reporter and I stumbled upon numerous Newburgh Police officers responding to a traffic stop nearby, and subsequent arrest of a female EDP. (Emotionally Disturbed Person.) Yea, you just don’t see this kind of […]
*”You Don’t See This Everyday…” May 2012
A couple of interesting images from last week on the job. ~cg. Newburgh firefighters work to extinguish flames on a 30-foot Sea Ray pleasure boat as it burns on the Hudson River near the Newburgh Marina in Newburgh, NY on Saturday, May 19, 2012. There were no injuries as two occupants on the boat escaped […]
*(Still) “More Winners…” for March 2012.
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 […]
“The Sweet Science…” Newburgh, NY 26•March•12
NEWBURGH, NY. Twenty-one year old fighter hits a heavy bag during a workout at the HOOK Elite Boxing Club in Newburgh, NY on Monday, March 26, 2012. © www.chetgordon.com NEWBURGH, NY. Young fighters hit the heavy bag during a workout at the HOOK Elite Boxing Club in Newburgh, NY on Monday, March 26, 2012. © […]
“Anatomy of a Shooting…” Newburgh, NY March 2012
“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
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
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 – […]
“No Dance…” Newburgh, NY 1•March•12
Jason McAllister (#42) of NFA falls to his knees after their 64 – 53 loss to Middletown in their Section 9 Class AA Semifinal game at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY on Thursday, March 1, 2012. Middletown will face Kingston for the Class AA Championship on Saturday at SUNY New Paltz. For as […]
“It’s Officially Here…” 1•March•12
I’m talking about the March Playoff Basketball post season, known as “March Madness.” (certainly not yesterday’s snowy & rainy weather.) Later today I will install four Dyna-Lite strobes in one of my favorite venues in the area; the Wellness Center gym up at SUNY New Paltz. I then have the big Section IX Semi-Finals game […]
"Giving Back…" (Part 2) Newburgh, NY 15•Feb.•12
(2) – During my lecture last night for the Hudson Valley Professional Photographer’s Society at the Hilton Garden Inn in Newburgh, NY on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. (Photograph by Peter Salo)
"More Winners…" Feb. 2012
Kinda starting the year off right with a (small) announcement that an image of mine was awarded a second place (top) in the NPPA – MNCC (National Press Photographer’s Association – Monthly News Clip Contest) for last October. The image that’s come to be known around the office and with colleagues as “The kid with […]
