Two and a half years ago when I graduated from Towson I didn't know much about the city geographically. But now I've probably driven past every street.
When new reporters start the photojournalist turns into more of a tour-guide. (We are already more like professional drivers but that's for another day).
Roland Park - "That's the street where I got the truck stuck in the ice after going live all morning with the double fatal fire."
North and Warwick - "Oh, I was here shooting a car that was flipped completely over after hitting a curb too fast."
Lombard and President - "One day I couldn't get the mast of the truck to descend and was stuck for two hours."
Too Many Streets - "I was at a shooting here."
News people new to this city get up to speed really, really quick if they drive around with talkative photogs enough.
I like that I've had so many good and bad experiences working and living in Baltimore. You get possessive of a city you spend so much time in. I never felt that way growing up outside of D.C. but Baltimore fits its nickname. Charming.
Current Jam - The Pixies "Tame"
2 comments:
I completely agree with this last paragraph. I am possessive of this city, and I never felt that way about Gaithersburg in the nine years I lived there. (I see two of my students are following you now, too, btw.)
I noticed that! The more readers the better!
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