Through The Lens:

Tie 2, originally uploaded by erictwright.

Another tie today

Tie Time, originally uploaded by erictwright.

So here’s the deal, I have a tie on in this picture. I wear a tie to work at least once a week. I don’t really wear a tie more on one day or another, but I tend to wear them less frequently on Fridays. I also tend to wear them more frequently in the winter time than in the steaming hot Alabama summertime.
Despite all of this I get a comment every time I wear a tie. Inevitably the comment is about why I am dressed up, if I have a job interview, hot date or funeral. I don’t understand why people so quickly notice when I am wearing a tie one week then forget the next.

It doesn’t bother me that people don’t member or make comments about the tie, I’m just curious.

So here’s my plan every time I wear a tie I’ll shoot a picture and blog it. I may even document who makes a casual comment about it.

All in the name of science of course.

Lunch of champions, originally uploaded by erictwright.

Polenta wedges sauteed in bacon and onions

Here are some photos from the Mercedes Marathon I ran with Dave in February

Sessions, originally uploaded by erictwright.

A fun little out take from a town hall meeting with one of our senators.
Dude at a podium shots are so exciting….

Gadsden Snow, originally uploaded by erictwright.

Hey Alabama got some snow…

Mercedes Half Marathon loot!, originally uploaded by erictwright.

My first race back after catching a case of crashitis.
I did a respectable for me 1:53 on a hilly course with a SLOW 12:45 first mile( I had to take a nature break and I had to deal with a ton of walkers, joggers and simply a huge amount of people)

I can’t wait to give it a go next year- Maybe the full

CatoesDinner04, originally uploaded by erictwright.

so tasty I can’t even tell you.

As a resident of Alabama, as a citizen of this nation- I feel obligated to at least try and contemplate what this day means. So much has happened in this state to bring attention to the cause of Civil Rights. I urge you to read Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter today. Letter from Birmingham Jail
It is a little long but truly worth the time to examine and try and recall the environment in which this letter was written-and the changes and sacrifices made by the man who’s life we honor today.

Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial “outside agitator” idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Go read it already http://abacus.bates.edu/admin/offices/dos/mlk/letter.html

So I forgot to post this closer to the print date of the section because that was a crazy crazy time. I was working on the series, but also I was mostly taking vacation days- so deal with it.

The Gadsden times published a section on Homelessness entitled ‘When Homelessness” hits home. We published a 6 page print section and a seperate niche site at When Homelessness Hits Homes

I shot several of the stories that went with the series- and I even had the cover photo and the photo on the rack card. It was pretty fun to work on a big indepth project like this.
I am not super happy with all of the photos since I had to shoot it one handed b/c of the broken arm- btu I am proud of the project as a whole.

Here are two little slideshows of two of the stories I shot. If you follow the link you can get to some of the interactive graphs and graphics I developed.

13th Place: a Children’s Shelter

Malcom: a highly educated homeless man