The Young Cats of Canadian Photojournalism: July 2006

The Death of the SNU :(

Well, for all of you that remember the beloved SNU ( Swedish News Unit ), I have some terrible news. She has passed away. Murdered by a Dodge Ram pickup truck on Friday evening on my way to an assignment. RIP

-- Jordan

Some Recent Work

Hi Everybody!!! This is what i have been up to lately.
Carlos

Joe O'Connal and Harrison Smith playing hackey sack.
Tamil -- 07/23/2006 --
Black July is a time that still haunts many Tamil Canadians, it was a deadly time when civil war in Sri Lanka led to the burning and looting of many homes and the killing of hundreds of tamils. V A Sellathurai's home and belongings were destroyed and he and his family were forced to go to a refugee camp. This Monday, he and his compatriots will be gathering to give thanks to the country that took them in and saved their lives. Sellathurai credits his faith with helping him survive. Here he is photographed in his prayer room at home.(Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star)

Tour Busses -- 07/23/2006 --
Tour Bus at Yonge and Dundas Square on Sunday July 23, 2006.
(Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star)

Weston Family Innovation Centre -- 07/26/2006
Esther Rai (left) and Danny Dadula try an experiment at the opening of the new Weston Family Innovation Centre at the Ontario Science Centre on Wednesday July 26, 2006. (Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star)

ROM Crystal -- 07/29/2006
Construction worker on top of the Crystal building at the Royal Ontario Museum.
(Carlos osorio/Toronto Star)

pike

Heres a couple from the last little while . . .

Minnedosa RBC Triumph's Steve Weighell, centre, and Moe Ross both jump to play the ball as Adam Gooden of Brandon Arsenal watches on during the Brandon Senior Soccer League’s Wally Newton Tournament championship match at Canada Games Park in Brandon on Sunday July 9, 2006. The Triumph went on to win 3-2 in penalty kicks, after going scoreless in regulation and extra time.

Members of the Carberry Red Hat Gals throw lolipops to spectators during the 123rd Annual Carberry Fair and Races Parade on Saturday July 8, 2006.

Nicholas Westbury, 9, left, sprays his younger brother Dylen, 4, with an octopus shaped sprinkler at their home just south of the 26th street and Richmond avenue intersection in Brandon on Monday July 10, 2006. With temperatures hitting a high of 24 degrees, many Brandonites took full advantage and headed outdoors to enjoying the continuing warm weather.

Team Alberta's keeper Diego Seyer, top, gets tripped up by Team BC's Mandy Mazardo during the Special Olympics Canada 2006 Summer Games at Optimist Park in Brandon on Friday July 21, 2006.

David Cornelius of Big Sky Cinema, sets up the 10 metre high outdoor inflatable movie screen at the Riverbank Discovery Centre on Friday July 14, 2006. Saturday will the third and final show (Ice Age 2: The Meltdown), at the Discovery Centre as well as a showing of Shrek in Wasagaming Sunday night, check www.bigskycinema.ca for all other movie times and locations.

Lundar's Nick Bennet is lost in the dust while sliding into home plate while Derek Sobkow of Brandon Spurce for Sports (Westman #1) tries for the tag during the Manitoba PeeWee AA Provincal Championships at Simplot Park in Brandon on Friday July 21, 2006. Bennet was safe on the play.

Birtle Blue Jays' Mark Wakely grimaces as he is hit in the head with a baseball by Brandon Cloverleafs' pitcher Eric Truscott in the top of the third inning during regular season Manitoba Senior Baseball league action at Western Stadium on Sunday July 16, 2006.

-pike-

Cornwall

I dunno if there is a way to put more then 5 pics in at once, but I have a few more anyways.

Lets see what we have here...

First week in Cornwall!!!

Hey folks,

Some pictures from my first week here at the Standard Freeholder. Getting back into it! Woooo hooo!!!

Hello

Hey everyone,
I've been a long time lurker around here but this is my first post. I just finished at Loyalist in the spring and have been in Toronto since May working the summer internship at the Star. Here's some work that was shot over the course of the past couple months, feedback is always super appreciated.

Richard Thomson of Toronto feeds a sparrow near the fountains in Nathan Phillips Square.

A police officer photographs a van that was allegedly involved in a shooting in Scarborough.

Jays short stop John McDonald slides into second base as Yankees second baseman Miguel Cairo turns the double play.

Rasheeda Evans in her home with her two boys 2-year-old Ammar Duncan, left, and Aamil Duncan, right who is 4. Rasheeda is a Mulism convert who used to believe in Christianity.

Rob Benzie wrote a on piece on the fickle nature or race. He is of mixed race with one white parent and one black parent, however he came out looking white and wrote about a very different life experience because of this random genetic outcome.

Thanks for looking,
Aaron Lynett

Cowtown

Well It's been a little while since I put the soundslide up so I thought I would show some of my latest from Calgary. Things are slowing down a bit now that Stampede is over, but it was good while it lasted. Comments, critiques, fire away.
-Brett.

Calgary, AB-20060606-.Trey Zirrie, 2, sits with his grandpa Kevin, 47 on the sidelines of the Stampede Parade Friday. His grandma just bought him some new cowboy boots three days ago and they have had a lot of use. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

Calgary, AB-20060610-.Some junior cowboys try to wrangle a pony in the Wild Pony Race in day four of rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

Calgary, AB-20060612-.2005 Novice Saddle Bronc Champion Justin Berg of Marawayne, Alberta streches in the chutes before competing in the Calgary Stampede Novice Saddle Bronc Championship. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

Calgary, AB-20060612-.2006 World Hoop Dancing Champion Dallas Arcand watches the ongoing Rodeo Competition before his performance on day seven of Rodeo action Thursday afternoon at the Calgary Stampede. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

Calgary, AB-20060611-.Canadian Army Private Thomas Peters, 20, of the Royal Regina Rifles, acts as a sentry while a Griffin Bell 412 helicopter of the 408 Squadron of Edmonton takes off to fly the Canadian Flag over the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

New from O-Town

Everyone is posting some great images, so I thought I would share some of my recent work for your viewing pleasure.

Crazy Italian soccer fans go crazy after winning the cup for the first time in 24 years.
Weather features from the hip.
A Palestine-Lebanon demonstration on Parliament Hill.
Ottawa Bicycle Club Grand Prix through the Gatineau hills (shot while hanging out of a car window going 70 km/hr down hill).
I spent about 10 hours at the Rideau Carleton Raceway working on a photo feature that I actually got two pages out of this weekend.

Blair

Straight East Coastin'

Some pictures. We got a guy dealing with a loss at an international track meet, then a a captain reading off the names of those killed in the Canadian Forces helicopter crash last week, then a conductor and symphony, then a portrait of a contortionist and a baseball pitcher.
East Coast What!

Darren

Hi all.

Sorry to break the trend on Carlos, but I thought I would dump in a few pics I have shot in the past two weeks. FEEDBACK WELCOME and ENCOURAGED.
Oh, and WAY TO GO CARLOS!
The first pic I had people yell at me because of... which is always kind of fun. This woman passed out from the heat at bluesfest and that is right when she woke up all out of it. Next is a man in the parking garage in a condo building in Ottawa that was flooded. Soccer fans after Italy's win. Nelly Furtado up close and personal. She did a intimate and interactive thing with one of the local radio stations and 89 of there listeners. Then the PM on Canada Day...
-ashley fraser

Ryan Pfeiffer

Hey Carlos!

I just read on ECNPA today that you got a full time job at the Star! Good job man.

I've also managed to land myself a full time shooting gig at a daily newspaper. I've left the cruise ship buiness to shoot for the Cornwall Standard Freeholder. I start there on Monday. All I have to do is find somewhere to live and then move there.

I'm glad to see I am in a few of those photos posted just below. Brings back some memories!

Ryan

Rib Run

Yesterday Aaron Lynett, Kevin Hill and myself drove 6 hours round trip to lovely downtown windsor Ontario for some World Famous Tunnel Bar -b- Que Ribs. They are great!!!! If you are ever in windsor look them up and get the ribs. you will not be dissapointed!
Carlos

pike - i knew him when . . .

Thought I would chime in and dig through my archive for some of the good stuff, again, a huge congrats, well deserved . . . now we just need to teach him how to shoot sports . . . (just kidding), so in honour of Carlos landing his first staff job, here is what I came up with from his rise to fame and fortune . . .