Redlights and Redeyes

newt, mitt, ron, and rick…

February 1, 2012 by chip

I could sit here and write a ton of copy about covering Florida politics. Fact of the matter is, it’s weird, it’s draining, and it’s one of most fun things I get to do in photojournalism. With that, here are some random rectangles from the week of covering Mitt Romney’s win in the Florida Primary with some scraps from the cutting room floor as a bonus. Tweet

Categories: chip litherland, photography, photojournalism industry, photos, politics, The New York Times • Tags: Campaign, Elections, FL, gingrich, GOP Debate, paul, politics, romney, santorum, Tampa, The New York Times

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maybe she’s born with it

February 24, 2011 by chip

There’s a period of time I like to call Photo Purgatory. It’s the time between when an editor calls and you for an assignment and when you actually get to said assignment. That moment where you find out what it is versus how it was described in the few sentences is essentially Heaven/Hell. This one surprised me. Essentially, I was told that this New York Times shoot was to go to a permanent makeup class at 1pm in Oldsmar, FL. [...]

Categories: photos, The New York Times • Tags: Chip Litherland, color, cosmetics, Florida, John Hashey, makeup, Oldsmar, permanent makeup, school, tattoo, The New York Times

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murder in celebration

December 3, 2010 by chip

Gawrsh, something happened in Mickey’s town. A m-u-r-d-e-r. It was the first one in 14 years since the master-planned community was developed by Disney. People always equate suburbia and cookie cutter homes to “Pleasantville” and the like, but Celebration is about as close as you are going to get to the epitome of landscaped perfection. Everything is immaculate, people are overly-friendly, and nothing ever happens…can’t believe I’m writing like a morning news show… …until the other day when a man [...]

Categories: sprawlscapes, The New York Times, travel • Tags: Celebration, chip, community, crime, Disney, goofy, litherland, master-planned, mickey, Orlando, pleasantville, The New York Times, Travel

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a republican star is born

November 3, 2010 by chip

Yes, He Can. You can see it now. It’s not from policy or polls or pundits, but from a gut feeling. It’s coming from a purely visual person who has covered politics for a few elections now. This guy will be running for president someday. He has the look, the cute kids that make cute photos, the bigger-than-life speech, the story, the beautiful wife, and a following of dark-blue suit and heels and mini-dress clad fans ready to anoint him. I’m [...]

Categories: photos, politics, The New York Times • Tags: chip, color, Florida, Florida politics, litherland, Marco Rubio, miami, Obama, photojournalism, politics, Republican, Tea Party, The New York Times

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political chum

October 28, 2010 by chip

If there’s one thing I learned late in my days as a staff newspaper photojournalist, it was to stop looking at the newspaper. Nothing good can come of it. Don’t get me wrong, I love newspapers, but I’ve seen my photo cropped to a circle before. Literally. I don’t save clips. I have a small stack of papers that I have saved from 10 years of work that could fit inside my back pocket. That’s it. I learned to stop [...]

Categories: photos, politics, The New York Times • Tags: Chip Litherland, color, Florida, governor, photojournalism, politics, Republican, Rick Scott, Tampa, The New York Times

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