Redlights and Redeyes

the image, deconstructed

May 28, 2011 by chip

Just got featured on The Image, Deconstructed, which is a wonderful new platform run by Ross Taylor that breaks down a photograph and the thought process into making that single image. There has been some wonderful talent featured as of late, so I’m in great company. Check it. Here. Tweet

Categories: archive, in print, news, photojournalism industry, photos, promo • Tags: Chip Litherland, contact sheet, fire, mennonite, photojournalism, ross taylor, the image deconstructed

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feeding frenzy

September 11, 2010 by chip

I’m not sure what’s worse, being part of the pack fighting for scraps or being eaten alive. I found myself in the middle of the ravenous pack in Gainesville yesterday at Dove World Outreach Center for the pastor/ringmaster Terry Jones’ Koran burning media circus for The New York Times. You might have read something about it on the 12, 669 articles on Google News right now. I met Pastor Jones a few weeks ago on a portrait shoot, when [...]

Categories: photojournalism industry, photos, The New York Times • Tags: burning, Chip Litherland, Dove World Outreach Center, fire, Florida, Islam, Koran, media, Mosque, Pastor, photojournalism, Protest, Quran, Saeed Khan, Terry Jones, The Hoda Academy for Quranic Studies

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the man who is going to burn the koran on sept. 11th

August 26, 2010 by chip

This man is planning on burning copies of the Koran on September 11th. Pastor Terry Jones. Not sure what else to say beyond that, because to be honest, I’m not even sure where to start. Instead I’ll just pass on this link to Damien Cave’s story in The New York Times I shot this for. It goes into what is sure to be an absolute media circus the evening of Sept. 11th in Gainesville, Fla., when he steps out of [...]

Categories: photos, The New York Times • Tags: burning, Chip Litherland, Dove World Outreach Center, fire, Florida, Islam, Koran, Mosque, Pastor, photojournalism, Protest, Quran, Saeed Khan, Terry Jones, The Hoda Academy for Quranic Studies

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