"I’ve Got Multiple Shots Fired Down Here…" Newburgh, NY 21•Nov.•11
This one was a difficult scene to work late last night. When I took the reporter’s call (above) just after 10PM, I immediately replied, “I’ll be there in 10 minutes…” We both live in the neighborhood and know the shooting victim from working these streets… ~cg. Newburgh Chief of Police Michael Ferrara (left) joins other […]
Veteran’s Day. Newburgh, NY 11•Nov.•11
“The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month…”Newburgh firefighter Capt. John Ryan presents the nations colors during a Veteran’s Day ceremony in Newburgh, NY on Friday, November 11, 2011. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record
"An October Snowstorm…?" 29•Oct.•11
Well, you certainly don’t see something like this everyday. To say that a pretty severe snowstorm on Saturday wrought havoc on the Northeast is probably an understatement. The last time I viewed a national news organization’s site, there were something like 9 people killed and upwards of 1 million people left without electrical power. In […]
"Sometimes the Dog Wins…" 14•Oct.•11
NFA head coach Bill Bianco (right) greets Monroe-Woodbury head coach Pat D’Aliso (left) after their Class AA football game inCentral Valley, NY on Friday, October 14, 2011. NFA defeated Monroe-Woodbury 7 – 0 to end Monroe-Woodbury’s 63 – game winning streak against Section 9 teams. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record Rain. Mud. Spit and Blood… Friday night […]
Working an all-day "Zombie BBQ…" Newburgh, NY. 1•Oct.•11
Had some time off coming from the day job, so I was able to do a few things for a good friend & local restaurant owner here in town yesterday. A good day for a good cause, as the “Psychedelic Zombie BBQ II” was held inside the old Newburgh Armory. Some very large spaces, smaller […]
"Blood Work…" FBI Gang Raids – Part III. Newburgh, NY 13•Sept.•11
Heavily armed FBI agents leave the scene at 433 Third Street in the City of Newburgh, NY, on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, Orange County Sheriff’s Office, NY State Police, DEA, and Newburgh Police arrested suspected Bloods gang members wanted for murder and other violent crimes, during coordinated pre-dawn […]
*On Covering Hurricanes "K-I-M…" (Katrina, Irene, Mitch.)
NEWBURGH, NY. A woman examines debris onshore near The River Rose, and original paddle-wheel boat moored along the flooded Hudson River waterfront in Newburgh, NY on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene knocked out power from South Carolina to Maine, and parts of New York State saw more than a foot of rain. © Chet […]
"It’s Too Darn Hot…" July 2011
*With apologies to Ella Fitzgerald, yes, it truly is “Too Darn Hot…” this week here in the Northeast. ~cg Eight year-old boy keeps cool in the spray of a sprinkler at Audrey Carey Park on Liberty Street in the City of Newburgh, NY on Thursday, July 21, 2011. The Northeastern U.S. has endured a heatwave […]
Just another few days at "The Office…" July 2011
(2) Newburgh City Police SWAT Team officers outside 260 First Avenue during a drug raid in Newburgh, NY on Friday, July 15, 2011. Five individuals were taken into custody including one female and a 15 year-old juvenile. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record Newburgh City Police SWAT Team officers take a woman into custody during a drug raid […]
"Happy 4th….!" Newburgh, NY
Independence Day fireworks explode over the Hudson River in Newburgh, NY on Monday, July 4, 2011. © www.chetgordon.com/blog Workhorse Nikon D-1X. 28mm – 70mm f/2.8AF, old school SILK tripod, Nikon MC – 20 timer & shutter release. ISO 200. f/11 – f/13. 3 sec. – 13 sec. ~cg
*For Gil…
“Winter in America.” It’s been a week since musician Gil Scott-Heron has passed away at 62. Heron was certainly much more than a poet and songwriter whose infectious tunes just had a way of staying with you, even after nearly 30 years. He liked to call himself a “bluesologist” and I’d heard in one interview […]
Memorial Day. – (Present Day) Newburgh, NY.
Spent the morning at the Memorial Day Parade here in town, basically for myself, as I wanted to put the old Nikon D-1X through it’s paces again. Ended up utilizing the 14mm (equivalent to a 20mm on the digital body) and just had a blast “getting in real close” to a few subjects. Also shot […]
"What is it about fighters…?" (continued) Newburgh, NY 15•May•11
These from last night, particularly following 15-year old fighter Gary Acosta (bottom 8 photos), who I’d met and photographed on Friday in the Newburgh Boxing Club gym. ~cg. Trainer Ray Rivera of the Newburgh Boxing Club tapes the hands of fighter Felix Davila prior to his 165lb. bout during the Junior Olympics Metro Championship Boxing […]
"What is it about fighters…?" Newburgh, NY 13•May•11
Fighter Randy Hinkson (21) of Plattekill wraps his hands at the Newburgh Boxing Club in Newburgh, NY on Friday, May 13, 2011. Ray Rivera, the club’s owner / trainer may have to close the gym in June due to financial hardships. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record Spent a few hours this afternoon at the Newburgh Boxing Club […]
Black Bear cub sighting at midnight. 30•April•11
Another late night phone call from my reporter colleague on the scene, and I found myself out on the streets again after midnight, this time photographing a Black Bear cub only a few blocks from my home. Well, I’m sure one doesn’t see this kind of thing everyday… ~cg. A Black Bear cub kept Newburgh […]
Good Friday thru the Years…
After covering my fourth Stations of the Cross processional on Good Friday here in Newburgh, NY, I thought of some of my favorite images from similar assignments and images made in other countries on this day… ~cg. Esteban Guerrero of Marlboro portrays Jesus prior to walking the Stations of the Cross processional from St. Patrick’s […]
"The River…" Newburgh, NY 16•April•11
Earlier this week on Tuesday evening, a 25 year-old woman drove her minivan into the murky waters of the Hudson River here in Newburgh, NY killing herself and three of her four children. Her ten year-old escaped after he managed to roll down a window and literally swim to shore and flag down a car. […]
"Don’t Try This at Home…" 12 – 14•April•11
I was diagnosed with a kidney stone after sudden and incapacitating pain in my lower back forced me to halt the workday on Tuesday afternoon. After quick thinking and solid health judgment, an ambulance was called to the scene and I eventually spent that night and the last two days in St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, […]
"What a Week for Pictures…!" Feb. 22 – 26, 2011.
I haven’t uttered these words for quite a while it seems, but while closely examining last week’s work, it truly was “A Week for (Good) Pictures…” A couple of extra-early wakeup calls – I’m talking the 4:30AM kind on Thursday to get moving on the coverage for the slain Poughkeepsie police officer’s funeral across the […]
"While You Were Sleeping…" Newburgh, NY 10•Feb.•11
6:20AM. An FBI agent walks along Bayview Terrace in the City of Newburgh, NY, on Thursday, February 10, 2011. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, Orange County Sheriff’s Office, NY State Police, and Newburgh Police made arrests of suspected Latin King gang members in coordinated pre-dawn raids. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record Today’s workday is part […]
*More NPPA Winners… (for Nov. 2010)
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 Another winner in the National Press Photographer’s […]
"Where Christmas trees go to die…" Newburgh, NY 8•Jan.•11
A pile of discarded Christmas trees await the fate of the dreaded wood-chipper during the 5th. Annual Christmas Tree Recycling Party at Downing Park in Newburgh, NY on Saturday January 8, 2011. The Downing Park Planning Committee sponsored the afternoon event where the Newburgh DPW will utilize a wood-chipper to mulch the discarded trees at […]
"A Quiet Walk Thru the Neighborhood…" December 2010 Blizzard.
Spent a little time on my day off to walk the same neighborhood streets where I’ve covered recent homicides, funerals, car accidents and the like over the last few years. A couple of images made this afternoon that will be sent to my editorial stock agency, The Image Works. ~cg. NEWBURGH, NY. A pedestrian crosses […]
"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 […]
