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Super Moon

newzpix — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:05:45 +0000

The moon, a “supermoon”, rises over the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Scientists estimate the “supermoon” rising in the east at sunset will appear 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter at its peak. Full moons vary in size because of the oval shape of its orbit, with one end closer to Earth. On Saturday March 19th, the moon was 221,565 miles away, the closest to Earth since March 1993.

A Nod to God

newzpix — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:33:24 +0000

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito bows his head as an invocation is said at the start of the National Italian American Foundation 35th Anniversary Convention dinner in Washington.

His Viewpoint

newzpix — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:25:21 +0000

Afghan President Hamid Karzai participates in a discussion with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2010.

NYT! (again)

newzpix — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:29:35 +0000

The photo editors at the New York Times ‘Lens’ blog have been kind to my images the past year, or so :-)

A Heartfelt Moment

newzpix — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:39:38 +0000

Michael Donley, secretary of the Air Force, pauses while speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Fisher House and meditation pavilion for the families of fallen soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan, at Dover Air Force Base, Saturday, May 1, 2010.

photographed for the AP

A nice surprise from LIFE

newzpix — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:25:49 +0000

Yellow Fever

newzpix — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:18:42 +0000

Tabi Bonney, top, and Marti Brom, bottom, perform at the Wammies 2010 awards show in the State Theater, Falls Church, Virginia, Sunday February 28th.

A Serious Man

newzpix — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:46:23 +0000

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner waits to testify before the Senate Budget Committee about President Obama’s 2011 budget.

photographed at a Congressional hearing for the AP

High at 19

newzpix — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:32:47 +0000

I was a sports photo stringer for two local newspapers when I was a teenager in northern Virginia. One evening, when I was just 19 years old, I convinced the powers that be at the Capital Centre, home of the Washington Bullets, to let me photograph the Bullets – 76ers game from the catwalk directly over a basket. All I have from that experience is this single copy from the next day’s newspaper showing Elvin Hayes attempting to stop Dr. J from scoring.

They Like Airplanes

newzpix — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:35:23 +0000

The photo editors at The New York Times chose another of my Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base photos for their Pictures of the Day.