with love from felipe

Alison Yin's new website

2007-10-28T19:28:00.000-07:00

Alison Yin has a new website.

Chaos into Order

2007-07-09T19:58:00.000-07:00

Sunday, July 8, 2007, 6th Avenue in Tacoma, Wash., held an event called "Art on the Ave" to feature performance art, art-making, music, and promote the local art scene. Lloyd Herman, 71, read aloud three different speeches by former Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Carter all about peace. Herman performed as part of "Chaos into Order," a performance art group promoting an overall message of peace and order. He orates beneath a sculpture of crumpled newspapers sewn onto ribbon, which was made Sunday at the event. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

Mariner's Manager Mike Hargrove's farewell

2007-07-08T10:54:00.000-07:00

Mike Hargrove resigns as general manager of the Seattle Mariners on the morning of Sunday, July 1, 2007. Bench coach John McLaren will replace Hargrove. Hargrove started his career with the Mariners with a win, and he ended it with a win against the Toronto Jays in Safeco field. Players say goodbye to Hargrove at the end of the game, as Hargrove congratulates Jose Guillen, left, for the game-winning hit. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

Plant at night

2007-07-08T10:53:00.001-07:00

Ken Griffey Jr. comes back to Seattle

2007-06-29T16:36:00.000-07:00

An AP photographer takes a picture of Griffey's oldest son Trey. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

Ezra Meeker Impersonator

2007-06-29T16:30:00.000-07:00

Ray Egan, 72, starting performing re-enactments of several people from the Oregon Trail 20 years ago. He poses for a portrait as Ezra Meeker, who has been hailed as the father of the Oregon Trail, near his home in Steilacoom, Wash., which is where Meeker actually lived for about six years. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

At the Farmer's Market

2007-06-29T16:20:00.001-07:00

Dagmar Peterson, 36, does henna at the downtown Tacoma Farmer's Market on Thursday, June 28, 2007. She has built up a loyal clientele who make special trips to the market specifically to see her. Alison Yin/The Tacoma News Tribune

Since it rains so much in Washington...

Lainey Parker, 9 mos., keeps dry at the Farmer's Market in Downtown Tacoma, Wash., on Thursday, June 28, 2007. She is at the market with her father John, 42, of Sumner, Wash. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

From left, Steve Nebel, Susan Gilmour, Kristi Nebel and David Gilmour stand regularly at the entrance to the Farmer's Market in downtown Tacoma with signs and homemade puppets to protest the war in Iraq. They are part of United for Peace of Pierce County which nonviolently opposes the reliance on unilateral military actions rather than cooperative diplomacy. UFPPC collectively protests against the Iraq war, and endorses that the U.N. should take the lead in the Iraq war. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

The Ice Cream Kids

2007-06-29T16:13:00.000-07:00

Bair Drug & Hardware Store in Steilacoom, Wash., has been around since 1895. In addition to offering a full lunch, the store also serves locally made ice cream by Olympic Mountain Ice Cream. Megan DeWeese, 5, enjoys her cone of blackberry cream ice cream while her younger brother, Dustin, 3, watches from afar. Alison Yin/The Tacoma News Tribune

Vote for my pics at JPG

2007-05-07T20:00:00.001-07:00

Graffiti Nuts

2007-03-19T18:04:00.000-07:00

Wolverines Football Squad in L.A.

2006-12-24T18:35:00.000-08:00

On Friday, December 22, 2006, the 2006-07 University of Michigan football squad arrived at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif., in anticipation of the Rose Bowl New Year's game. Andre Criswell, right, gets off the bus upon arriving at the hotel after a long travel day.

Head coach Lloyd Carr meets with the press for a brief interview upon arriving at the hotel.

Tyrone Jordan II, left, takes a bite from Brandent Englemon's hamburger while waiting in the hotel lobby.

Head coach Lloyd Carr (right) talks with Alan Branch (left) during stretching before practice.

Quarterback Chad Henne (7) with running back Mike Hart (20).

On Sunday, December 24, 2006, the 2006-07 University of Michigan football squad practiced at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., in preparation for the Rose Bowl game.

All photos by Alison Yin/special to The Detroit News

Bye Erin

2006-12-11T21:39:00.000-08:00

I shot this about a week ago on one of our last nights together. I miss her a ton. If anyone's interested, I can give a very high recommendation as a roommate and as a model. Love you baby girl. Roaregon.
Love,
Pina

The Flipbook

2006-11-29T20:31:00.000-08:00

I don't usually post other people's work, except, well, I'm making an exception. Below is a project on Iraqi Kurdistan where all the content was collected by Ed Kashi and then put together by Brian Storm and others from his MediaStorm team. This project is worthy of a post for several reasons:

1. The Kurds are where my journalistic interests began, back in 2000, sophomore modern history class. Learning of the plight of the Kurds led to Amnesty Internation which led to human rights activism which led to journalism which led to photojournalism. Bam.

2. The project belongs to Ed Kashi, who is a photographer for National Geographic and was my team leader at the Eddie Adams Workshop. He's been caring about the Kurds for a long time, so kudos to Ed.

3. The project is produced by MediaStorm, one of my favorite web sites because of its innovative ways of telling stories and its consistently top notch content. It also marks the one-year anniversary of the company!

OK, enjoy!

Thanksgiving in Astoria

2006-11-28T12:37:00.000-08:00

Last week I went to Oregon for the first time to spend Thanksgiving with Adm and his family at his sister's home in Astoria, OR. It was a perfect vacation.

Click here to see pictures:
"Thanksgiving 2006"

Digging in the Archives

2006-11-20T07:58:00.000-08:00

From a summer day in Yosemite. There was a bear, and I took pictures, I promise, I just can't find them at the moment.....
But I did find a chimper.

Magic Show at the Magic Game

2006-11-16T18:13:00.000-08:00

Just for fun

2006-11-11T20:21:00.000-08:00

Brandon and I standing in for test shots for Bill at UNC on Monday, Nov. 6, 2006.

One of those J-Vegas Nights

2006-11-11T19:49:00.000-08:00

Zach Ferguson, 21, with his banjo, and Brandon Peck, 22, hanging out in front of Vinyl Frontier, an independent record store in San Marco, FL.

Jacksonville with Adm

2006-11-08T18:17:00.000-08:00

Breeder's Cup

2006-11-08T12:46:00.000-08:00

Images taken at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, during the Breeder's Cup last weekend.

Jacksonville after the storm

2006-11-08T12:43:00.000-08:00

First time in a helicopter

2006-10-29T02:28:00.000-08:00

To take aerials of the tailgating at the Florida Georgia game on Saturday, October 28, 2006. It's also referred to as "The World's Largest Cocktail Party."

Gettin' down at the Club... country club that is.

2006-10-22T05:58:00.000-07:00

Fernandina Beach

2006-10-22T04:58:00.000-07:00

Inside a chapel off the side of the road one block from the beach.

Buzzie King from east Jacksonville.

Four year old Tanner Warwick hanging on the kudu, a spiral-horned antelope his father shot in South Africa five years ago. They are bringing him home.

The pirates for hire, Molly, Athena, and Cannonball Kenny, wandering the streets.

So typically Florida..... until you look below.

Who doesn't love a good gator lounge?

2006-10-19T05:51:00.000-07:00

Portraits of a smoker, Eddy Peeples, 51, at the Golden Ox.

Scenes from J-Vegas

2006-10-14T21:07:00.000-07:00

This is the gator pond right next to my house. Kind of spooky with the late night fog.

Just need a game of pick-up.

EAW

2006-10-11T21:15:00.000-07:00

These are images from the Eddie Adams Workshop in Jeffersonville, NY. Most of them were taken at the Apple Pond Farm in Callicoon Center. The vertical of the woman is of Kim Phuc during the memorial for the seven Vietnam war photojournalists. Kim is the same little girl in the photo of the Napalm bombing taken in 1972 by Nick Ut. And of course, there is Brandon, Jay, and Rich.

Living with the Koskos

2006-09-23T13:09:00.000-07:00

For the ten weeks I spent interning at the Modesto Bee, I rented a room from another fellow photographer, Steve Kosko. Steve and his wife Carmelita welcomed me into their home and family (they have three other children near my age - John, Terri, and Marion) so that I became more of an adopted child/sister. Living with them was quite an experience so I've documented some of the moments of being a Kosko.

Click here:
"Living with the Koskos"
Note: There is audio (which is a bit dodgey)

JVegas Baby!

2006-09-11T06:57:00.000-07:00

A brief break from the pj overload... this is our new house where Erin and I are going to live in Florida. This is Erin's room.
My room, sans furniture.
Screened-in porch.
Living Room.
Kitchen.
Dining Room.
Entry hall.
Front.

Cattle Drive in Oakdale, Calif.

2006-09-07T13:03:00.000-07:00

To celebrate its centennial as a town, Oakdale hosted a cattle drive down one of its main streets. People lined the sidewalks to see cowboys and girls of all ages herd 40 cattle along the road.

Stanislaus County Fair (from early August)

2006-09-06T11:31:00.000-07:00

Atacama Stories

2006-08-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

Our CHILE site got launched! Stories from the Atacama Desert, which is in the northern part of Chile. So much fun, so many good memories, and lots of great work!

A Wild Goose Chase

2006-08-18T20:33:00.000-07:00

This is a photo/audio project I tag-teamed with another Modesto Bee photographer, Bart Ah You. It is about geese who were relocated from Modesto to the hills, and just as the process was almost finished, they disappeared down the mountainside.... rather controversial.

Magic Hour in Modesto

2006-08-16T05:44:00.000-07:00

Mariscos Sinaloa off Crows Landing.
Modesto Nuts baseball game.
Golf course at sunset.

Kayaking with a Seal

2006-08-16T05:41:00.000-07:00

Kiddie Swim Lessons

2006-08-15T16:40:00.000-07:00

Swim lessons for the kiddies at a local indoor pool in Modesto, Calif.

River Play

2006-08-13T08:17:00.000-07:00

The ocean is about two hours away, so the next best watering holes are the rivers that run through Stanislaus County.

During the Heat Wave

2006-08-11T18:52:00.000-07:00

People went swimming in the river by the tracks to cool off.

A lot of dairy cows died during the heat wave.

Demolition Derby

2006-08-08T16:32:00.000-07:00

This is a photo/audio show I just did on this event at the fair where cars ram into each other.

First 3 Weeks at the Modesto Bee

2006-07-31T11:27:00.000-07:00

Jamestown, Calif., goold ole gold mining town (7/22/06).

Buffalo Bill's Tattoo Parlor - teens getting tats are the new craze (7/21/06).

Don's auto repair - fixing an air conditioner to prepare for the summer heat (7/21/06).

Las Casuelas mexican restaurant (7/20/06).

Hot weather feature (7/19/06).

Kimmy Osoria, 18, and Maddy Allen, 12, training for the Junior Olympics in Acrogymnastics (7/18/06).

Garage sale 7/15/06).

The original Batmobile (7/13/06).

Children at the Cougar Soccer summer camp (7/12)06).

Paul Liddy has been living at the Salvation Army in Modesto, Calif., for the past two months. Although he is the only one there now, the organization will be expanding its facilities so it can provide services to more people (7/11/06).

Adam Christianson lets his nine year-old son Kyle try on his hat after getting sworn in as the new Stanislaus County Sheriff (7/11/06).

Helitanker gathering water from a pond on a golf course in Diablo Grande to put on a nearby wildfire (7/10/06).

Best of Chile, Part 2

2006-07-27T11:08:00.000-07:00

Most of these pictures come from a story I did on nuns living in a rural town called Toconao. Toconao is less than 30 minutes from the Bolivian border, and so there are lots of Bolivian influences. I went to a festival the town held for Saint Christopher at La Iglesia de San Lucas, and it was incredible to see Bolivian pagan traditions (such as the dancing and costumes) inside an Opus Dei Catholic church.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (really)

2006-07-23T19:13:00.000-07:00

Best of Chile, Part 1

2006-07-20T19:11:00.000-07:00

Summer Fun in N.C.

2006-07-12T22:08:00.000-07:00

Last visit with the barbers.

Love Cole Street.

Camping with the Barrs on Bear Island... before the storm.

The Barr Brats

2006-05-21T11:40:00.000-07:00

one time at the baseball game.....

2006-04-20T05:55:00.000-07:00

and the glove went thwap.

Weekend home

2006-04-19T21:38:00.000-07:00

Downtown D-town

2006-04-06T04:57:00.000-07:00

how much more patriotic can you get?

Sball

2006-03-29T16:12:00.000-08:00

Drexel Again

2006-03-29T16:08:00.000-08:00

The Mushroom Farm

2006-03-29T16:07:00.000-08:00

Mooch in the Studio

2006-03-29T16:03:00.000-08:00

Playing with Light

2006-03-29T15:58:00.000-08:00

Jacob's Durham

2006-03-22T16:55:00.000-08:00

Cole Street

2006-03-12T09:40:00.000-08:00

Softball pictures

2006-03-06T19:25:00.000-08:00

2.22.06

2006-02-25T14:41:00.000-08:00

playing with some strobes at a girls' high school basketball game.

Elvira Vasquez, a fourth grader at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, waits her turn to present reasons whys classroom teachers should learn Spanish. She attended a presentation where Duke University presented Durham Public Schools with almost $1 million for teaching initiatives.

starting a photo blog.

2006-02-21T05:12:00.000-08:00

2.20.06: meghan in the men's room.

2.19.06: jaclyn makes the perfect alice.

2.18.06: lawrence anthony, the barber. age 83.

2.17.06: back with my girls, but cleatless.

2.15.06: my boss defines sketchball.

2.13.06: i had no idea there were free-roaming peacocks in north carolina.

2.11.06: allen pulled his hammie during the state swim meet.

2.8.06: my neighbors getting some lesson from my mom. i'm sure it was life-changing.

2.7.06: what people will do for a ticket to the duke game.

2.06.06: adriana ciompi. this woman skiied in turino for italy in the '40s.

2.6.06: Herald-Sun assignments.

2.5.06: birthday brunch.