Tiffany Brown Photojournalist

20100305 rest in peace, papa

just after my father took his last breath, on february 12, 2010, a hopsice nurse slipped a purple flower into his still hand, put a candle on the bedside table and left me to absorb the moment and say good-bye, as the sun slowly went down outside the sarasota hospice house. this single moment will stay with me forever…

every word of support, condolences and love that everyone has sent in emails, facebook, cards and calls has meant the world. every singe one of them. thanks so much….

the hardest thing i have ever written is here.

20091104 update

well hello there! it’s been much too long and now that i am about to return to shooting i thought i’d resurface with an update. i had shoulder surgery mid-september and have been sling-bound and unable to use my right arm since. it has been a ride, now 7 WEEKS without being able to use my usual cameras, much less a toothbrush! though i have been working out the iphone and my point and shoot with my left hand.

but good news is on the rise. i’m now out of the sling and getting restrictions lifted by my fabulous physical therapist day by day. i’m counting down these last few weeks and then i shall return to my t.brown blogging ways in full force. i can hardly wait! the upside of the down time has been gobbling up books and absorbing myself in checking out photographers’ work that i hadn’t had a chance to before. so much inspiration…

i hope you are all well and please click back in a few weeks. yep, i said it. cheers…

20091006 wsj boomers....

The middle of last month just before I had shoulder surgery I had the pleasure of shooting a story for the Wall Street Journal and was assigned to work with my former Las Vegas Sun, Pulitzer Prize writing colleague, Alexandra Berzon. What fun!

The story is a look at traveling construction workers, called “Boomers,” who have been stranded in Las Vegas since the construction industry has come to a screeching hault here, and everywhere, particularly in the last 18 months.

A slideshow is on the WSJ site with the story. These are a few of the workers stuck in Vegas, with families, expenses and no work.

20090909 bottoms up

really? did i really just make that the name of this blog post? oh well. it must be one of those days. it’s been a good one, a busy one filled with shooting, setting up future assignments and getting bits of good news here and there. could they all just be like today, please?

this is a random picture from a few months ago at hoover dam. hadn’t done anything with it and hadn’t trashed it, so thought i’d share it. maybe it’ll bring a smile. saludos….

20090829 RIP DJ AM, et al....

death close to home is always difficult to hear. it’s been even rougher to learn of other’s loss of late as i face battles against cancer and illness with my dad right now. but after multiple public figures, and friends of friends deaths in the last couple weeks, hearing dj am was found dead last night was a bit of icing on the cake. WHAT?!

i heard am spin only once – on one of his resident dj friday nights at rain nightclub in the palms earlier this summer. but it was awesome, especially come 2am when the top-40 hits turned to deeper electronic beats and maran and i made our way to the stage, dancing up a storm. it was a blast of a night with great photo friends in town for the nppa conference and it was sealed by dj am. in honor, here’s two frames from the evening….rip dj am.

to anyone who has lost a friend or relative recently, my heart goes out to you. unconcerned with cliche, may we all remember to savor each breath, good and bad moment, love and disappointment. it’s all so precious, fleeting and blessed.

ps…..on the upside, it seems like everyone i know is having babies, or just got knocked up! :-) so here’s to the newest generation and those on their way. my biggest of congratulations to all of you and your beautiful bundles….rob & fran, barb & andres, marvi & ben, ryan & jen, chip & elaine, rob & Amelia, annie & super and so many others….

20090828 first day of school

pre-kindergarten can be scary! this little one had his face wedged into the gate and was sobbing for longer than i could stay. poor little guy…

20090827 washington post travel assignment

a few weeks ago i got a call from a photo editor at the washington post. she had a last minute travel assignment that needed to be turned in 48 hours. i made it happen and it ended up getting great play in that sunday’s edition. the assignment took me to three new restaurants i hadn’t known about, and one of them turned out to be a new favorite spot, raku! read food critic and post staffer tom sietsema’s article, “In Vegas, a Diner’s Jackpot.”

20090823 time-out, city...

kirk and his son, james, and i hopped town friday night for a last minute over-night in the mountains outside vegas to get some fresh air and wake up in the trees before busy saturday life chores came calling….

20090822 pinball hall of fame

one of vegas’ hidden treasures for all. and kristen peterson’s great story and more pictures of the player’s paradise are here.

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”….