Laid-Off: One Last Gazette Blog

As you may have heard, I was laid-off from my Staff Photographer position at The Gazette this past Thursday. I am now a product of the recession – or maybe the industry? Anyway you look at it, I am just another pin in the map of Paper Cuts.

Solidarity people.

Before I start my job search I wanted to tie up a few loose ends here on the blog and post my last photos from my time at the paper.

Colleen Gunn, 8, (right) and Oliver Kristeyra, 8, both of Mount Rainier tie their messages together as other members of the group dance around them during the “Rock Garden for Peace” ceremony conducted by Patricia Bullitt with the Little Friends For Peace at the Peace Park in Mount Rainier, MD

Deacon Lynette Washington dances in the aisles to “Days of Elijah” during the  tribute service for Bishop John Meares at Evangel Cathedral in Upper Marlboro, MD. Washington first met Meares at Evangel Temple in Northeast Washington DC.

I think this second image is particularly fitting for this post; of the funerals I’ve attended, Bishop Meares’ was the first one I could really call a “celebration of life.”

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my co-workers for their amazing support. Over the past two years I have grown with you, groaned with you, laughed with you and learned from you. You have not only been colleagues, but my teachers and my friends. Wherever the next phase in my life takes me, I will be grateful for the time we had together and I hope we can stay in touch.

**images are reprinted with permission from The Gazette