James DiGiorgio recently highlighted a new and interesting blog StudioMarcotte.com by Bob Marcotte, a photographer in Fresno, California. With his latest article When Your Best Is Not Good Enough (Part 1), Bob has turned me into a loyal reader. Go and read his article, and I am sure you will become a loyal reader too.
Regardless of our methods and techniques, we’re all striving to create a soul in our images. So it would seem to be an easy task to shoot a town filled with souls. It would seem…
California is filled with millions of souls and personalities. Most of the world only hears about the fruits, flakes and nuts that make up the Granola State. I would like all of you to know that there are heroes who live here, too. They don’t get headlines. In fact, I couldn’t get these pictures or this story published by the one major newspaper or the two local magazines in Fresno. Anti-heroes get press, the story of these volunteers wasn’t considered news.
The souls I refer to are the pilots, doctors, nurses, translators and volunteers of an organization called the Flying Doctors of Mercy. I was fortunate to fly with the Fresno chapter. The short version of their story is that the first weekend of almost every month, private pilots fly their own planes filled with volunteers and supplies to impoverished towns in Mexico. Planes fly from San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno and other cities to adopted towns deep inside Mexico … far from prosperity and medical expertise.
Just wait to you see his picture that accompany the beginning of his article. They drip with soul. I especially love the photograph of the husband and father with his child and wife.
My photograph of Jasper National Park is hosted at Flickr. If you click on the picture, you will be taken to my Flickr account where you can see more pictures.
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