Michael Fioritto

Archive for May 2008

Photographer Cornell Capa is dead

I saw his obit in the New York Times today. His passion was “concerned photography” and I really like the quote at the end of the obit:
The historian Richard Whelan wrote in the introduction to “Cornell Capa: Photographs” that Mr. Capa “often quoted the words of the photographer Lewis Hine: ‘There are two things I [...]

Update: Chicago Tribune and the 1968 Democratic Convention

I did a search yesterday on Google for “1968 Democratic Convention” and the Chicago Tribune now shows up in the #8 spot.
It looks like they have created a topic page for this event, but frankly it is really lacking.
They have a summary about the event, but the related articles located below the summary are being [...]

The Chicago Tribune should own Chicago history

Do a search for “1968 democratic convention” on google. The Chicago Tribune does not show up on the first page of the results. There is an entry for the Orlando Sentinel, a Tribune owned paper, but not Chicago.
The Chicago Tribune should own Chicago history. I think it is time they opened up the archives and [...]

Ryan contemplating his future

My future son-in-law contemplating his upcoming marriage. He has that familiar stunned look. Post traumatic stress comes later.

Sean and Mia dissing Mary and Joseph

I ran across this shot in my files. Sean (behind Joseph) and Mia are making bunny ears on Mary and Joseph. This shot was taken at the R&G Ranch, the employee recreation area that was owned by the Arizona Repbublic.
They used to host events during the holidays for the kids and I’m [...]