Everett Herald: Part Uno

Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman reacts to a successfully broken up defensive play during a team practice at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center on Thursday, June 12, 2014 in Renton. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

State Trooper Paul Speckmaier operates a high definition camera to look aggressive drivers on Interstate 5, visible in the background, from the back seat of a Cessna 206 airplane during a DUI emphasis patrol on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 near Lynnwood. State law enforcement will have twenty extra troopers on DUI patrol in Snohomish county from July 1-13. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Lake Stevens High School graduates (from left) Kendall Swanson, Hailey Sylvester and Caeleah Taylor wait backstage at Comcast Arena before beginning their commencement ceremony on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 in Everett. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Surrounded by fellow attendants of Masjid Umar al-Farooq in Mountlake Terrace, Jamaal Ahmed (left) prays during a Friday afternoon Jumu'ah prayer at the mosque on Friday, July 18, 2014. Muslims across the world are currently observing Ramadan, a month-long tradition that includes fasting during daylight hours, which concludes on July 28. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Bellingham resident Curtis Hardebeck uses two fingers to wipe blue dye off his sunglass lenses during a 5k Run or Dye event in downtown Lake Stevens on Saturday, July 12, 2014. Hardebeck, who originally came to support his wife, ended up participating in the event himself by throwing blue dye on racers at one of the "dye stations" around the course. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

North 350 Blades volunteer crew leader Barry Teschlog looks into the sky during a break from the rain during a day of trail work on a section of the Pacific Crest Trail near Stevens Pass on Saturday, June 28, 2014. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Snohomish High School senior Uriel Herrera helped lead his team to a successful season at the center forward position. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Fans push to the front to get autographs from Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson following the team's first day of training camp at Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton on Friday, July 25, 2014. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Everett Aquasox runner Bryan Brito (left) slides safely into third base on a steal attempt as Everett Merchants third baseman Josh Potter applies a tag during a game on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at Everett Memorial Stadium. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Benjamin Jurkovich raises his hands in celebration after winning the annual Kla Ha Ya Days Festival pie eating contest on Saturday, July 19, 2014 in Snohomish. Other activities at the festival included a parade, a classic car show and a frog jump contest. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Jacob Sawyer, 11, stands outside his home in Edmonds on Thursday, June 5, 2014. A reaction to an energy bar Sawyer ate in July of 2013 alerted his family to a cashew nut allergy which he now carries an epinephrine injector for in case of an emergency. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Laying in the grass at the Three Rivers mobile home park Edgar Gonzalez, 14, reads a Sport Illustrated magazine he picked up from the Snohomish Book Cafe converted school bus during one of its weekly stops at the park on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 in Snohomish. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

An interchange of Interstate 5 is shown looking north from a Cessna 206 State Patrol airplane during a DUI emphasis patrol on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Former member of the 792nd Bombardment Squadron Harry Spencer, 93, pulls on the leather flight jacket he once wore during World War II during a visit to the Historic Flight Foundation with his family on Saturday, June 21, 2014 in Mukilteo. Spencer's four sons accompanied him during his visit aboard the last remaining operational B-29 plane at Paine Field. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Tulalip Casino general manager Sam Askew sits on an exercise machine after finishing a workout at the YMCA of Marysville on Wednesday, June 19, 2014. After years of neglecting his health, Askew made a commitment to change his lifestyle and has lost 112 pounds since March of last year by eating healthy and working out daily. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Rahmatullah Salim (center), 10, whispers to his cousin Qudratullah Salim, 8, during a Friday afternoon Jumu'ah prayer at Masjid Umar al-Farooq in Mountlake Terrace on Friday, July 18, 2014. Muslims across the world are currently observing Ramadan, a month-long tradition that includes fasting during daylight hours, which concludes on July 28. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Though not the original, a ceiling fan made famous by the 1990's television series "Twin Peaks"  spins above as Marilyn Pettersen walks down the stairs of her now for sale home on Thursday, July 3, 2014 in Everett. Pettersen's home, which is currently up for sale at $550,000, was used as character "Laura Palmer's" home in the show. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Everett Police Chief Dan Templeman poses for a portrait in a window at the Everett Police Department headquarters on Thursday, June 26, 2014, a day after he was sworn in to take over the position. Templeman started with the department in the early 1990s and will replace former police chief Kathy Atwood. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

A nurse checks an inmate's blood pressure during a routine vitals check in the medical housing unit of the Snohomish County Jail on Thursday, July 17, 2014 in Everett. New equipment and a transition to all electronic medical records are part of a push to improve medical care of inmates at the jail. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Seahawk wide receiver Kevin Smith has his shorts tugged by cornerback Chandler Fenner during the Seahawks' first day of training camp at Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton on Friday, July 25, 2014. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Aquasox starting pitcher Luiz Gohara delivers a pitch during a game against the Vancouver Canadians on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at Everett Memorial Stadium. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Donning formal wear for the occasion, mountain biker Jack Patterson waits to head up for another run at Stevens Pass Bike Park on the park's opening weekend, Saturday, June 28, 2014. The bike park will remain open for the summer season 10AM-6PM Friday-Sunday through October. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Work continues for hanging new graphics on the doors of hangars at Boeing on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 in Everett. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Single: Tukwila First Generation Youth

Here's a frame from a recent afternoon photographing for writer Yodit Gaim's essay in The Seattle Globalist on growing up in a community of first generation youth.

To read the story and see a few more shots click on the photo below:

From left; first generation Samoan youth Roselle Savea, Naiasolagi Ulusago, Nathan Taupau and Evangeline Taupau take a break from waving at cars for a carwash to benefit the Aso Fitu Samoa Church on the sidewalk of International Boulevard on June 16, 2013 in Tukwila, Wash.

Immigration Reform March

Here are a few frames from the 2013 May Day Immigration March in Seattle, Wash.

For more photos and an interview with El Comité President Jorge Quiroga, see the previous blog post.

 

May Day: Seattle Globalist

Another May Day is in the books. This year I took a different approach to covering the event-- instead opting for an interview with El Comité President Jorge Quiroga.

He's been around the block to say the least; imprisoned for nearly 4 years without charge in Argentina, immigrated to the U.S. with no English experience and now serves as a major voice for immigration reform.

Click the tearsheet below to read a transcript of my conversation with Quiroga. Photos from the day embedded throughout the article:

Kumbh Mela: Seattle Globalist

Check out The Seattle Globalist for my short essay and set of photographs from this year's Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India.

It remains-- and will always remain-- one of the most intense experiences of my life.

To see the article click the tearsheet below:

Seattle Libyan Students

Well, here we are, yet another blog added to the interwebs.

It's been quite awhile since I last penned an entry— Fall of 2010 to be exact, when I kept a blog during a 4 month trip in Europe— but it feels good to be "back in the saddle" so to say. On this site I will post samples of recent work, stories, as well as photographs. Without further ado, here's an update on my most recent project:

In May I attended a talk at Shoreline Community College (SCC) hosted by fellow students whom I had never met before. They were to speak of their own experiences in Libya— a country that has just emerged from civil war and now faces the task of installing a brand new government— while also touching on what they hope to see for the future.

Mohammed, Nadine and Logina each shared stories and insight that cast a very human light on an issue that, otherwise, has been pretty doom and gloom in the media. Their passion was evident and I felt like it would make for a compelling feature.

3100 words, 3 photos, a few weeks and a bunch of phone calls later, here are the photographs and final spread that will run in the double truck of SCC's summertime issue:

Shoreline Community College student Nadine Bejou, 22, is the founder of the TEETH Project (Together we Educate Enhance and Transform Health) which aims to teach young Libyans about proper dental hygiene. During the summer of 2012, Bejou will travel to Libya where she will team up with dental students at the University of Benghazi to continue her project.

Mohammed Rajab Fadil, 20, looks out the window in the apartment he shares with two roommates in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, Wash. on May 30, 2012. Fadil, originally from Benghazi, Libya, put his studies on hold at Shoreline Community College so he could return to Libya where he spent two months fighting alongside rebel forces against former dictator Muammar Gaddafi's army.

Shoreline Community College student Logina Abukhashim, 25, practices her English during a morning intermediate ESL class at the school on May 30, 2012. Abukhashim, who has lived in Seattle, Wash. since January of 2012, was forced to leave her native country of Libya after the uprisings closed the university in which she was studying medicine. 

Now that this is finished, I can fully turn my attention to my upcoming Asia trip. I leave on the 27th— still so much to do...

Cheers,

Ian