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…” (Part II) 30•July•13
NY State Trooper Winston Ivelaw Martindale, Jr.’s Stetson rests atop his coffin during his burial at the Orange County Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Goshen, NY on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Martindale is the Trooper assigned to Troop F in Middletown who died unexpectedly on July 24th. from injuries he sustained after responding to a small […]
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 […]
*”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 […]
*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 […]
*(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 […]
“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 […]
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 – […]
"My Day…" Middletown, NY. 09•Feb.•12
“…started before 4AM…” Law enforcement officers outside a home on Eisenhower Drive in the Presidential Heights neighborhood during coordinated early morning raids on suspected gang members in MIddletown, NY on Thursday, February 9, 2012. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record“and the AP also moved this image on the wires this afternoon… ~cg”
"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 […]
"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 […]
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 […]
"You Don’t See This Everyday…" Shokan, NY 3•March•11
It was a bitterly cold one yesterday. Temperatures were in the teens when I left my apt. for the 1+ hour drive deep up into Ulster County. Spent about an hour this morning on the frozen Ashokan Reservoir near Woodstock, NY one of the main reservoirs here in the Hudson Valley that feeds into the […]
Funeral for Slain Police Officer. 24•Feb.•11
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 […]
"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 […]
"Men with Guns…"
A Sri Lankan policeman keeps an eye on traffic in downtown Colombo, Sri Lanka in August 1997. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS One of the many reoccurring themes throughout my career continues to be photographing “Men w/ Guns…” Sometimes it seems that some of these themes and mindsets for me are almost embedded within the […]
"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 […]
Pre-Dawn Gang Raids in Newburgh, NY. 13•May•10
“Knock – Knock…!!!” An FBI agent (left) and a Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force officer serve a search warrant at 113 Lander Street in the City of Newburgh, NY on Thursday morning, May 13, 2010. Multiple law enforcement agencies raided gang hideouts and made arrests of Bloods and Latin Kings street gang members as […]
"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 […]
"And on the Sixth Day…" Jan. 16, 2010.
Christina Bookal walks back to her apartment after a prayer service organized by Chaplain Crisis Response Ministries at Bookal’s Benkard Ave. home in the City of Newburgh, NY on Saturday, January 16, 2010. Bookal is the mother of 4 year-old Marc Bookal, who went missing on December 14th. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON As I’d written last […]
"This One Hurts…" Dec.• 2009
We have a missing child case here right in my neighborhood. Marc Anthony Bookal – 4 years old. It’s been big news all week, with gaggles of the NYC & local cable TV crews up here. My ‘hood. This one is close to home and is messing with me a little more than probably any […]
When the "S%^£T Hits the Fan…" 12•Nov.•09
A full day of news coverage in 3 parts.Part 1: “You play like you practice…” Another one of those mantras ingrained in my mind where I sometimes remind myself to sort of step into this mindset when faced with “the big one.” Especially when the big one involves a bust of a major drug running […]
*Pulling an all-nighter w/ City Cops… July 2009
*Overnight Tour w/ Newburgh, NY PD & NY State Police.Friday July 10, 2009. 11:09PM I spent part of an overnight shift last night with our beat reporter Doyle Murphy in the back of a cramped police SUV, touring the various neighborhoods here in my city, Newburgh, NY. Doyle and I have collaborated lately on a […]
