Congratulations Josh Blinder!

Josh, Class of '7?, won a Webby Award for "Best Online Video Documentary Series" for his series about African American and Jewish athletes in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. You can see the series here. Josh received the award in New York City on June 8, and was back at work in the Holocaust Museum when the guard was shot.

New Photo Exhibit

Another photo blog... it must be summer! There's a new exhibit down at National Geographic (between 16th & 17th Streets/L & M Streets, Farragut North Metro) on tourism photography in Europe using the lovely, soon-to-be defunct, Kodachrome film. While you're there, see the other very cool exhibit on lions and leopards! This is the time of year to get to these exhibits, as we can sometimes come to work late, or leave a bit early, or take a long lunch, or have a weekend "staycation" while seeing the world. And best of all, most of what we can see in DC is free (although it would be nice to actually be on this beach in Spain)!

Vantage Point

For photographers, being in the right place at the right time can be a matter of luck. Knowing what to do with the time and place is a different matter. Congrats to the space station astronauts who took this shot of Sarychev Peak on Matua Island in the Pacific Ocean northeast of Japan. This shot shows the shockwave of the eruption blowing a hole in the atmospheric clouds.
Credit: NASA/ISS/Earth Observatory

Get Up And Dance

Remember what I said at graduation? Let me add, be first!

More summer reading enjoyment

This time it's photo stuff, a blog and a magazine.

http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2009/06/james-friedman.html
http://www.fractionmag.com/currentissue.htm

The Class of 2009

Congratulations to Dee, Liz, Tessa, Blair, Zomora, Collin, Mary, Christian, Kendall, Cat, Sarah, Bethany, and Anna, on your graduation. Your new adventures at the University of Richmond, Mt. Holyoke, Florida Central, Hood, Delaware Tech, MC, Johnson & Wales, and Curry should be great! We've enjoyed getting to know you, and hope that you keep in touch with us as the years go by. You will be missed.