Tiffany Brown Photojournalist

20090623 unfortunate reality....

this is not a visual metaphor, darn it. we in print journalism persevere! (and also give you www.lasvegassun.com)

t.brown the blogger returns…

20090602 lake mead

truly one of the best parts of las vegas is the accessibility to all manner of outdoor fun, in every direction…this from lake mead over memorial day with my man and his boy. through the narrows on lake mead, current water level exposes the water lines of previous years….

20090601 obama and back again...

the president at nellis air force base last week speaking about the recovery act and renewable energy during “a quick trip to vegas”….

20090515 more contest news.....

we learned last week that the paper cleaned up at this year’s associated press california/nevada newswriting and photo contest.

the sun won the top two awards in a competition among all newspapers in the region. against newspapers in our circulation class — 75,000 to 200,000 — the sun also won first place in six of the seven newswriting categories as well as a first place for portrait photography for my picture of ivan jimenez barajas, 3, a fourth-generation circo atayde clown who performs as “papelito.”

the recognition reminded me how much i adored the time at the mexican circus last summer. here’s the blog post from last summer with more pictures.

and this is papelito:

20090513 hawaii puker redux....

scrolling through my phone i came across another memorable hawaii moment. 10pm at a bar in waikiki…..

friends don’t let friends puk alone. yes, the whole holding the hair thing really happens. and no, i do not know these women. but seriously, 10pm?!! if only i had had a real camera with me. drats.

20090506 rolling stone....

last month i hung out with the band fall out boy before their show at the pearl here in vegas. rolling stone contacted me to spend time with the guys for their “on the road” feature that goes backstage with different bands each month to get a glimpse of the musicians and their scene while on tour.

the magazine was only able to run a few pictures in print, so here are some out-takes from the day. be sure to pick up the issue on stands now (with kings of leon on the cover), and check out page 24 ;-)

20090428 u.s. bowling congress....

the united states bowling congress open championships is on….actually, it’s “on” for 154 days during which more than 14,000 teams will play more than 700,000 games between feb. 21 – july 23 “(unless extended).”

las vegas sun sports writer ron kantowski and i spent a day there last week for a mid-event feature. and for the first time EVER, in my experience, a writer cut their own story down, from 50 inches to 12(!!!!), so we could run more photos in the print edition. his full length story and more photos appear in the online publication. a moment to be remembered for sure. you rule, ron!

these are a few of my favorite frames from the day….

20090422 killing time....

make a wish and kiss the clock! i killed an extra 10 minutes at a business conference assignment this morning in order to wait for this one second.

does this mean my one wish will get lucky 21 times, or should i have made 21 wishes? i’m banking on the former.

ps….happy earth day!

20090420 holy pulitzer!

we learned today that we won the pulitzer prize for public service for exposing a high death rate among construction workers on the las vegas strip.

according to the pulitzer web site, the honor was “awarded to the Las Vegas Sun, and notably the courageous reporting by Alexandra Berzon, for the exposure of the high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip amid lax enforcement of regulations, leading to changes in policy and improved safety conditions.”

with a lost cell phone and attending an OSHA hearing, alexandra did not get the news until returning to the newsroom, which worked great for photos! there was champagne and remarks with the entire print and online staff and it’s off for post-work drinks now!

huge congrats again to ali and the entire staff….as well as damon winter of the new york times for winning the feature photography pulitzer, and patrick farrell of the miami herald for taking the breaking news photography prize.

this is reporter emily richmond, left, greeting alexandra as she is first told of the award. more of my photos and coverage from the day’s news are on www.lasvegassun.com. reuters has a nice “winning a pulitzer” slideshow from various paper’s celebrations today too.

20090419 of the ocean....

the last two weeks i pretty much checked out. i went on vacation with my sweetie who had a work trip in oahu, hawaii. we added an extra week for surfing and exploring, and whatever suited us. we surfed everyday, ate great food and stuck to the lesser traveled spots of oahu.

it was my first time to hawaii, and the water baby that i am, it was the ocean around us that captured me. i shot very little on the trip but most of what i did photograph was related to our encounters and backdrops with the water. here are a few from our two weeks in paradise….

20090320 hungry faith...

joyce eatman founded Ladies Advocating Christian Entertainment (LACE) 19 years ago. a couple of years later, she decided to make fighting hunger the group’s priority, and LACE became a five-day-a-week food pantry. in february LACE fed 150 families, but in this economy, there’s no guarantee it will last another month. brendan buhler wrote the story.

i was buzzing around town knocking out assignments when i cruised into LACE to make a portrait of eatman on tuesday. after listening to her talk for just a few minutes she paused and we wandered into the food pantry. while talking she kept raising her arms up, gesturing to the sky, her faith clearly omnipotent in her life and in the motivation of the organization. i inquired about this and she confirmed. i asked her to take a moment and tap into that, think about the situation of her non-profit and let that come through. camera lifted. when she opened her eyes they were flush, tears nearly pouring over.

i’ve spent a lot of time thinking about faith and spirituality in my own life of late and to see joyce so moved, on a dime, was powerful. only a few moments had passed but i had the picture to illustrate her story. we hugged and thanked each other and i left.

as times get tougher the things we do to support one another and our communities will become more crucial. for starters, a constant mindful consideration of one another. just a thought….

20090312 vegas snow redux

yes, i’m doing a little, ahem, catch-up on the blog posts….

as the cherry blossoms are upon us and i’m back in flip flops today, this frame, just one last reach back to the real winter wonderland we had mid-december in las vegas. it was the first snow day for vegas kiddos in 30 years.

this was my favorite take of the day though it doesn’t necessarily show the most snow…it managed to make time magazine’s week in pictures as well. the rest of the snow coverage including photo slideshow and video galleries are at lasvegassun.com