Ken Griffey Jr. comes back to Seattle

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

Ezra Meeker Impersonator

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

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

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

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Graffiti Nuts

Wolverines Football Squad in L.A.

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

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

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

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.

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"Thanksgiving 2006"

Digging in the Archives

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

Just for fun

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

One of those J-Vegas Nights

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

Breeder's Cup

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