Single Assignments from 2010/2011
A lot of what pays the bills in New York are single assignments – daily-grind-type-stuff. Grind is the wrong word. A lot of these assignments are good visual challenges. Well, plus good challenges in dodging the NYPD, and looking for a frame different than the other 100 media photographers are taking. It’s a good challenge. Here’s a collection of a few of my favorites over the past year. Images were shot for Getty Images, the Associated Press, Reuters, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and/or The Star Ledger. Please respect the copyright owners of these images.
A woman holds up a Libyan flag during a protest against Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, outside the United Nations building on 1st Avenue in New York, February 21, 2011. The staff of Libya’s mission to the United Nations declared allegiance to the people of Libya, instead of to its government led by Muammar Gaddafi, a mission spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Andrew Burton
(Last two images) Frank Simmonds, of the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, carries a cross on Brooklyn Bridge during the 16th annual ‘Way of the Cross Over the Brooklyn Bridge Ceremony’ in New York City on April 22, 2011. The ceremony, hosted yearly on the Christian holy day of ‘Good Friday,’ includes walking from St. James Cathedral, in Brooklyn over the Brooklyn Bridge to St. Peter’s Church, in Manhattan. The event attracts approximately 2,000 people each year. REUTERS/Andrew Burton
Craig Wallen, chef at Spasso, poses for a portrait on December 22, 2010 at the chef’s counter at Spasso in the west village. Andrew Burton for The New York Times
Captain Sean Giery of the Fire Department of New York, right, delivers a hot meal to Zelda Kaplan, 94, at her home on West 57th Street through the City Meals on Wheels program on December 24, 2010. Recipients of the program received a meal of fish, potatoes and collared greens. Kaplan said she was not feeling well and would only stick her hand out to receive the food. Andrew Burton for The New York Times
Metal workers pour bronze into a cast of artist Allston Chapman’s sculpture, “Looking Up,” at Modern Art Foundry in Queens, New York on May 10, 2011. “Looking Up” features a young girl and a dog, it will be installed in Riverside Park South in June; the sculpture was made possible through a five-year partnership between The Art Students League of New York and NYC Parks Department to Create Public Art for Public Spaces. Andrew Burton for The Wall Street Journal
Hans Charles, laying down, from Upstate New York, was stranded in John F. Kennedy Airport while trying to get to Haiti, on December 26, 2010. Andrew Burton for The New York Times
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 01: A large group of people took part in the Coney Island Polar Bear Club by run into the water at Coney Island on January 1, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Elvis Costello and The Imposters perform at the Beacon Theater during the Revolver Tour in New York on Sunday, May 22, 2011. The concert was marked by go-go dancers and a giant wheel that was spun by musician and audience member alike, to determine the set list. Andrew Burton for The Star Ledger
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 31: Sarah Palin, the former-governer of Alaska, walks past members of the media while arriving at Trump Tower on 56th Street and 5th Avenue on May 31, 2011 in New York City. Palin and Donald Trump later exited the building for dinner. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 31: Donald Trump enters a limo after leaving Trump Tower with former U.S. Vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (not seen) at 56th Street and 5th Avenue, on their way to get dinner on May 31, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Cecilia Schudel, a sophomore at Columbia University, center, watches Sid Nair, also a sophomore at Columbia university, program during HackNY Hackathon, a 24-hour coding marathon held at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in New York City. The Event started on April 9, 2011 and finished at 12:00 PM on April 10, 2011. HackNY Hackaton is used to create new programs and raise money for start-ups; organizers were expecting students from over 30 universities to attend. Andrew Burton for The Wall Street Journal
(Last 4 images from the) Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival on 5th Avenue in New York City, on April 24, 2011. The festival, which has existed for over 100 years, involves people wearing outfits and parading themselves on 5th Avenue.
The site of a house fire in the Bronx. (AP Photo/Andrew Burton)
(L-R) Alec Small, age 10, Cameron Dupre, age 11, and Tyler Small, age 12, hunt for loose tennis balls in the bushes surrounding the courts during the 2011 US Open in the Queens borough of New York, on August 29, 2011. Andrew Burton for The Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 23: Samantha Thompson, a park ranger, stands guard outside Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street after a 5.8 earthquake, which struck Virginia, was felt in New York, on August 23, 2011 in New York, United States. The earthquake was felt as far north as the Adirondacks. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 27: A child holds a pair of shoes, a flash light and a liter of water while waiting to board a bus, departing from Seward Park High School, a designated evacuation center for citizens who were required to evacuate their premises due to Hurricane Irene, and headed to Intermediate School 131, which was converted to a separate evacuation center, on August 27, 2011 in New York City. People were moved to Intermediate School 131 after Seward Park High School ran out of space. The city of New York required all citizens living in “Zone A” regions to evacuate their homes due to Hurricane Irene, which is supposed to hit New York sometime in the early hours of August 28. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 27: A woman and her dog, “Sparkle,” wait on a bus, departing from Seward Park High School, a designated evacuation center for citizens who were required to evacuate their premises due to Hurricane Irene, and headed to Intermediate School 131, which was converted to a separate evacuation center, on August 27, 2011 in New York City. People were moved to Intermediate School 131 after Seward Park High School ran out of space. The city of New York required all citizens living in “Zone A” regions to evacuate their homes due to Hurricane Irene, which is supposed to hit New York sometime in the early hours of August 28. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
(Next four images) From the (at least semi- )legendary (and now defunct) Dominique Strauss-Kahn case. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 19: Emergency Service Unit officers guard a police escort van as it is backed into the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building at 100 Centre Street on May 19, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 06: Supporters of the New York Hotel Worker’s Union wait to protest against Dominique Strauss-Kahn outside the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building on June 6, 2011 in New York City. When Strauss-Kahn arrived the crowd chanted “Shame on you!” (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 23: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, speaks to reporters outside his residency at 153 Franklin Street on August 23, 2011 in New York City. Strauss-Kahn had all sexual assault charges dropped against him earlier in the day at a New York court. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 01: A man watches a breaking news alert regarding the national debt limit on a television displayed in the window of a TD Bank at the corner 6th Avenue and West 44th Street son August 1, 2011 in New York City. The House of Representatives successfully passed a bill that would reduce national debt and raise the national debt limit, though the bill still needs to pass the senate. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
A police officer stands guard at Post Avenue, in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, where an alleged shooting took place on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Andrew Burton for The Wall Street Journal
A spectator cheers while watching the eighth race at the 143 Belmont stakes, the final leg of racing’s Triple Crown at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, June 11, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Burton (UNITED STATES)
