The Year in Pictures
Each year I take thousands of photographs during my staff job as a photojournalist for Gatehouse Media’s Northwest unit. This week I was notified that I won NENPA (New England Newspaper and Press Association) awards for Spot News and Feature photographs. With the awards ceremony coming up in February at the Park Plaza, I will be sure to keep you posted! Below is a selection of my favorite photographs of 2011. Enjoy!
08/30/11 — WINCHESTER, MA. — Darin Kizer gives his son, William, age 5, a goodbye hug before his first day of school at Muraco School in Winchester, on Tuesday morning.
06/08/11 — WOBURN, MA. — Kurt Hood from the New England Aquarium uses a doppler to measure the heart rate on Saturn, a rescued, juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle as he undergoes a CT scan to see if his persistent case of pneumonia has been successfully treated. Saturn was being seen at the Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital in Woburn on Wednesday morning.
06/16/11 — WESTFORD, MA. — Members of the United States Marine Corps hold the casket of USMC Sgt. William Woitowicz, of Groton, during funeral services at St. Catherine’s Church in Westford on June 16, 2011 for the fallen marine.
10/21/11 — WESTFORD, MA. — Westford Academy seniors cheer during Friday afternoon’s Spirit Rally at their school.
10/12/11 — WESTFORD, MA. — Lori LePoer, a 6 1/2 year breast cancer survivor, plays with her daughter Julia, 9, and dog Zoey, at their home in Westford on Wednesday afternoon.
01/27/11 — WESTFORD, MA. — Baily Vitello, 13, plays with his sled dog, Marlie, during Thursday afternoon’s sled dog demonstration put on by Northern Exposure Outfitters at East Boston Camps in Westford.
07/09/11 — TEWKSBURY, MA. — Adam Hill holds his 9-month-old daughter, Brooke, in the Stanley Cup, recently won by the 2011 Boston Bruins, which was on display at the Tewksbury Country Club on Saturday, July 9, 2011.
08/11/11 — HARVARD, MA. — Sister Mary Philomena walks down to the St. Joseph’s Farm on Still River Road in Harvard to decide what produce to pick early Thursday morning.
04/14/11 — CONCORD, MA. — Antonio Ocampo, of Colombia holds an American flag behind his back prior to becoming a U.S. citizen at an April 14 Naturalization Ceremony at the Minute Men National Historical Park in Concord.
01/24/11 — CONCORD, MA. — A Concord firefighter battles a structure fire at 296 Bedford St. in Concord on Monday night.
10/21/11 — CHELMSFORD, MA. — Chelmsford’s Meghan Sullivan who suffers from Huntington’s Chorea, goes for a walk with her physical therapist, Curtis Anthony Moore, down Varnum Street in Lowell on Friday morning.
04/09/11 — MAYNARD, MA. — Gabe Pierantozzi, 6, of Maynard collects chocolate eggs during the MFA Egg Hunt and Easter celebration at the Green Meadow School playground in Maynard on Saturday morning.
11/11/11 — BURLINGTON, MA. — Mason Dupuis, age 6, watches the Veterans Day ceremony from the shoulders of his dad, SFC Stephen Dupuis on the Burlington Town Common.
10/26/11 — BILLERICA, MA — Culinary Arts inmate Felix Melendez receives a kiss and hug from his girlfriend, Tina Frazier, at the conclusion of Wednesday morning’s Culinary Arts Graduation at the Middlesex County House of Correction in Billerica. Also in picture is their son, Josiah Melendez.
