I had the great fortune of spending five days in Haiti for Harvard covering folks from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and Partners in Health. The experience is something beyond words. The devastation is difficult to understand without actually seeing it, and after spending a few days surrounded by it, it remains hard to comprehend. Here are my images.
I just returned from two weeks in Italy with my wife and daughter and we had an amazing time. Pasta and wine were my constant companions, and we walked for miles and miles as we traversed Rome, Siena and Florence. All around us we were surrounded by people on two wheels. Vespa’s and other scooters where everywhere, and as an avid Vespa rider it was amazing to see so many of them. But even more abundant were bikes. Everyone was on a bike. Therefore, here is a look at Italy on two wheels.
During this last trip to South Africa I spent a day with a local guide fishing for wild rainbow trout. Tim Rolston of Inkwazi Flyfishing was my guide for the day. I found Tim through the Stream X site, and I’m so glad I did. It’s interesting that the streams outside of Cape Town are all locally managed in a “beat” system, that anglers have to sign up for prior to using them. They are also all strictly catch and release, which I would be doing anyway, but it was nice to see how it all worked out there. After driving out of Cape Town, we ended up at the Holsloot River which flows through the Stettynskloof valley wine country. It was a beautiful day and Tim was a great guide.
Tim on the "highway" above the river
Tim wet wading his way up the river
My first South African trout
Further up the river, sometimes wading up to our chest
Another beautiful wild rainbow, photo by Tim
Guide Tim Rolston rigging up another dry fly after lunch
The Holsloot River
Guide Tim Rolston even gave me the shirt off his back - my arms were getting fried!
Dry fly action on the Holsloot River in South Africa, photo by Tim
Over all it was a perfect day and exactly what I was looking for when I found out I was going to have time to fish in SA. Tim, who also is an author and provided me with a copy of his book on fly casting, was a great guide, but if you do hook up with him, don’t let him take you to “beat six” unless you have long pants and teflon arms … getting to the water through the bush is not for the faint of heart!
Thanks - JI
I’m in Cape Town for the first time here I’m amazed at the place. Flew in last night to a beautiful sun set behind Table Mountain. Slept in and had an amazing breakfast at the Mount Nelson Hotel. Headed off the the cable car to the top of Table Mountain and then lunch in Camps Bay, a suburb of Cape Town. Here are some takes from today.
Table Mountain Cable Car
The ride up
View of Camps Bay from the top of Table Mountain
Picture frames for sale along the street
Antique Porsche along the waterfront in Camps Bay
A young Cape Town resident hitching a ride along the waterfront
Soccer, Soccer, Soccer ... World Cup 2010 is here in South Africa
Ostrich steak for lunch at the Pepper Club
The Pepper Club in Camps Bay
Beach volleyball is huge here in Cape Town
Beautiful place … a bit of trout fishing tomorrow. Watching the Irish take it to the Springbok’s in my hotel room with a Castle in my hand. Miss the wife and kid as well as the boys, but life is good.
Cheers,
JI
On Saturday I shot the Harvard Penn football game in deluge conditions at Harvard Stadium. Not the most fun I’ve had shooting football, but it wasn’t cold so there is that. Penn took advantage of the rain and just about knocked Harvard out of the Ivy League championships. Here are some from the game.
So about a week ago I got to spend a day with Harvard President Drew Faust. What a perfect assignment. A full day of all access and the ability to simply remain a fly on the way. Please head on over to the President’s page to check out the results.
Thanks - JI
I got a few comments on my photos from Friday, Heavy Smoke Showing and a request to put up some more from the fire on Ash Street … appropriate name for the street I guess. Anyway, always willing to do what I can, here are a few more photos. Reality is that I got there a bit late in the game and didn’t stay that long, so I really didn’t shoot that many images. As has been noted, I tend to focus my sights on firefighters working, or trying to capturing the emotion they experience while doing a job that most people wouldn’t do for any amount of money. I’ve spent a lot of time in firehouses and chasing fires, from my first days as a newsphotographer in West Virginia to overnights on Meeting House Hill in Dorchester. I am continually amazed and drawn to this special breed of person that enters the fire service, and shooting images of them is my way of getting closer and trying to give something back.
Going to work
Calling for a line
Searches are negative
Transfer of information on the fireground
Round two
Knocked down and making up
I’ve got some more photos on my regular web site, including a category called “Fire,” and a short picture story on Somerville’s Engine 7, called “Seven’s Heaven.” Check them out at http://www.justinide.com/
See you at the next box …. JI
Sitting in the office today in Harvard Square I heard a bunch of sirens, and out of habit I switched on the scanner that sits mostly unused on my desk. The first thing I heard was actually from the Cambridge Police, dispatching officers for “traffic control” because FD had lines run across the road. Few more minutes of listening told me the location and I walked over and arrived with the second alarm companies. They contained the fire to the basement of the home, so no fire showing photos, but here are a few from the fire ground at the 2nd Alarm, Box 53, 30 Ash Street, Cambridge, MA.
Engine Five going to work with heavy smoke showing from the basement.
On the stick prepared to vent the roof
After spending some time in the basement ...
Fire knocked down, companies making up
Fire knocked down, companies making up
Amazing men and women who do this .. this is the one part of my old newspaper job I miss.
Cheers, JI
This week is Nobel Prize week, and although my wife, daughter and maybe a few others think I should get a Nobel Prize - they are most likely confusing it with the Pulitzer Prize, which is another story all together - at Harvard it’s a week when we in the News Office have to get up early to check the web page just in case someone from Harvard has been named. That means a 5:30 AM haunt of the web, and in the event of a winner, a mad dash to get a story up on line as soon as possible. We’ll it’s Tuesday and it’s already happened once … and might happen again this week!
Yesterday Jack Szostak, a professor of genetics at Harvard won the Nobel Prize in Medicine … and I had to get on over to his house in Boston for the early morning traditional photos. Here are three that I liked, and actually got some play around the country and world via the AP and EPA.
Nice guy, nice family … a good day. We’ll see if I have to get up early any more this week.
JI
Had the chance to photograph the launch party for Beefeater 24, a new premium gin. The event was held at Drink in fort point channel and it was a great night. Here are a few images from that night.
Stop by Drink and have them make a “Bee Stinger” for you.
JI
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