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Week in Pictures Weeks 9-12

April 6, 2013 by admin
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  • Chris Fornaci, second baseman for the Pepperdine University Waves, readies to tag out USC Trojan Conner Sullivan, as Sullivan tries to steal second. The Waves beat the Trojans 9-4 on Tuesday March, 12 at USC's Dedeaux Field in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by © Andrew Davidson Jr.)
  • A Scion FR-S is parked on the side of the road at Granatelli's Dyno Day and Car Show in Oxnard, Calif., on Saturday, March 9, 2013. This displayed vehicle was a Vortex Racing FR-S. (©Joshua Schock 2013)
  • A car prepares to race through the autocross course that was set up at the Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, Calif., on Sunday March 17, 2013. (©Joshua Schock 2013)
  • A seagull takes flight into the fog after resting on the wooden siderail of the Ventura Pier on Wednesday afternoon, March 13, 2013 in Ventura, Calif. Hipstamatic photo. (Photo by Stephanie Grumbeck/Brooks Institute ©2013)
  • A participant in the parade for St. Patrick's Day promotes recycling of plastic bags and to stop the usage of them. The Bag Monster as she call herself was running from side to side of Main St. showing her sign on Saturday, March 16, 2013. (©Diego Camargo 2013.)
  • Lucy Skinner from Bowdoin (L) and Mia Ownes from SBCC share a high five after the Womans 3000m Steeplechase. Colleges from all parts of Southern California gathered at La Playa Field at Santa Barbara City College for the Easter Relays College Track Meet on Saturday, March 15, 2013 in Santa, Barbara, Calif., (© Dougal Brownlie 2013).
  • ts in the car waiting to be taken to her wedding on Monday, March 25, 2013 at Hollinshead Park in Bend, Ore. Hohman, her mother, and her Maid of Honor, were escorted to the wedding in a 1948 Cadillac by her fiancé’s best man and brother, Andrew Aschoff. (Photo by Miriam Creach ©2013)

Week in Pictures-Week 7 Spring

March 12, 2013 by admin
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  • image by Claire Eggers
  • Image by Andrew Davidson Jr.
  • Image by Kelton Woodburn

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WIP Week 4-Spring Semester

January 31, 2013 by admin
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  • A man dressed as Santa Claus is seen through the window inside of a Macy's Department Store in New York City, New York on December 15, 2012. He is in line to see Santa Claus at Macy's. (© Joshua Schock 2012)
  • Seth Langenfeld gazes up at the skyscrapers in New York City, New York on December 15, 2012. (© Joshua Schock 2012)
  • A man sits along the pier in Ventura, Calif., on a cold and windy Thursday afternoon, Jan. 10, 2013.(Photo by Robert Curtis/Brooks Institute ©2012)
  • A tulip withers to its death in a vase with little water in Ventura, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (Photo taken by Laura Goutcher / Brooks Institute ©2013)
  • Motocross rider soars through the air at Zaca Station MX in Buelton, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. (Photo by Mitch Viquez/Brooks Institute ©2013)
  • Billy Baptist of the Chicago Soldiers reacts at the referee after taking a charge from a LA Lightning player at Cal Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks, California on 10 Jun 2012. The Chicago Soldiers won 117-96 Photo by Michael Lopez_LA Lightning
  • CCS Am Project rider Matt Orona does a frontside boardslide on a bench at a bus stop on East Main Street in Ventura, California on January 18, 2013. (Photo by Kelton Woodburn)

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Week in Pictures – Fall Semester

December 13, 2012 by admin
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  • MGK poses for a portrait in front of an run-down building. Hip-Hop artist Kid Ink shot a music video on December 2, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif. The video is for his song "To Hell and Back" the remix featuring another artist named Machine Gun Kelly aka MGK © COPYRIGHT ANDREW DAVIDSON JR 2012
  • David Briceno, guitarist of Ventura band Chill Child, plays his guitar on December 2, 2012 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Kelton Woodburn)
  • A pidgeon had an unfortunate experience with a fence that lines the Los Angeles River. The fence was razor wired at a few spots along the fence just above the sidewalk. Hip-Hop artist Kid Ink shot a music video on December 2, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif. The video is for his song "To Hell and Back" the remix featuring another artist named Machine Gun Kelly aka MGK© COPYRIGHT ANDREW DAVIDSON JR 2012
  • Jonathan Pozos does a backside feeble grind in Ventura, California on December 9, 2012. (Photo by Kelton Woodburn).
  • A Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) was hit and lay on the side of the highway by Mono Lake. Deer are the most common animal hit by vehicles. This deer was hit and photographed on October 4, 2012 in Mono County, Calif. Wild.
  • Veteran Brian Wilson poses for a portrait on Veteran's day on November 11, 2012 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Kelton Woodburn)
  • On Friday, October 5, 2012, Ralph Clevenger, a professional photographer and instructor at the Brooks Institute, rests on a cliff in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, CA while enjoying the rising moon and stars. It was Clevenger's last nigh of teaching photography to about two dozen of his students in the Sierra wilderness. (Photo by Victoria Linssen © 2012, 2013)
  • While walking down Hoover St in Los Angeles Calif. Joe stops to pose for a portrait and explains " I want to become a purified vessel of the love and light of God, right here, right now. I do. But its tough, I have a challenging history from past lives." (Photo by Benjamin B. Morris ©2012)

 

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WIP Week 7

June 24, 2012 by admin
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  • Olympic hurdler, Javier Culson, on San Juan, Puerto Rico after a press conference on June 12, 2012. Culson won a silver medal at the World Championships in 2011in the 400 meters, the distance in which he specializes on, and will be competing at London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. (Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez/El Nuevo Dia ©2012)
  • Fighting roosters that died after their respective fights inside a trashcan at the Coliseo Gallistico of Bayamon on June 15, 2012 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The animals are discarded after they die, they can not be consumed due to the antibiotics the cock-fighters give them while in training. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez ©2012)
  • Cockfighting at the Coliseo Gallistico of Bayamon on June 15, 2012 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The Caribbean island, where the sport is practiced legally, has over 120 "galleras", cockfighting rings, that are active on a regular basis. The rings get heated during the fights as people bet, or increase their bets, on a rooster while on the fighting ring. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez ©2012)
  • "Pelea de Gallos", cockfighting, on June 15, 2012 at the Coliseo Gallistico of Bayamon in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The fights consist of 14-minute rounds where the two fighting roosters, which are matched in the beginning by their weights, attack each other until the other one dies or stops fighting. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez ©2012)
  • A fighting rooster at the display cage after having the spurs bounded to its feet, on the waiting to be put to fight at the Coliseo Gallistico of Bayamon in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Erika P. Rodríguez ©2012)

Week in Pictures Week 1-6, Summer 2012

June 17, 2012 by admin
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  • Political and judiciary leaders at the presentation of the book 'Perspectives' in the Photojournalism Workshop in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 16, 2012. The book, edited by Nilka Estrasa Resto, gathers published columns of the deceased journalist and legislator, Ismael Fernandez Pacheco. (Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez /El Nuevo Dia ©2012)
  • Spectators observe the Solar Eclipse through eye protection during this year’s 52nd annual Topanga Canyon Banjo and Fiddle Festival on May 20, 2012. (Photo by Benjamin B. Morris ©2012)
  • Bakka, a South African Cheetah stares intently past his trainer druring the Backstage Access program at the San Diego Zoo, in San Diego, CA on Thurs, April 26 2012. ©JAMESAVERYMEDIA2012
  • Kenai, the White Arctic Wolf, howls druring the Backstage Access program at the San Diego Zoo, in San Diego, CA on Thurs, April 26 2012. ©JAMESAVERYMEDIA2012
  • The Humane Society of Puerto Rico after a flood that took place the previous day in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on May 19, 2012. The building of the organization was destroyed after the water rose higher than four feet and covered the first row of the animal cages, no animal drowned in the flood.(Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez/El Nuevo Dia ©2012)
  • 25 DE MAYO DE 2012. GUAYNABO, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, CARIBBEAN DIVISION. EN LA FOTO: AGENTES DE LA DEA EMPACAN COMO EVIDENCIA LA DROGA INCAUTADA. EL PASADO 21 DE MAYO DE 2012 SE INCAUTO 1,288 KILOGRAMOS (1.4 TONELADAS) DE COCAINA POR LA DEA (DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION) EN CONJUNTO CON LA USCG (US COAST GUARD) Y LA CBP (CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION) DE LA RAMA AEREA Y MARITIMA EN LAS AGUAS AL SUR DE PUERTO RICO. EL CARGAMENTO PROVENIENTE DE COLOMBIA ES, SEGUN PEDRO JANER, AGENTE ESPECIAL A CARGO DE LA DIVISION DEL CARIBE DE LA DEA, "UNA CLARA INDICACION DEL ARDUO TRABAJO Y DEDICACION DE LA DEA, LA GUARDIA COSTERA DE LOS E.U. (USCG), EL DEPARTAMENTO DE LA POLICIA DE PUERTO RICO Y LA RAMA AEREA Y MARITIMA DE LA OFICINA DE ADUANAS Y PROTECCION FRONTERIZA (CBP) TIENEN AL COMBINAR SUS RECURSOS." ERIKA P RODRIGUEZ / EL NUEVO DIA 2012 1.4 TONELASDAS, 21 DE MAYO DE 2012, 2012, ALTAMAR, CBP, COAST GUARD, COCAINA, COCAINE, COLOMBIA, DEA, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DRAGON, DROGA, DRUG, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, EL NUEVO DIA, ENDI, LACOSTE, PRPD, PUERTO RICO, US, USCG, ADUANA Y PROTECCION FRONTERIZA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, INCAUTACION DEA,
  • Animals from the Humane Society of Puerto Rico stay at the indoor basketball court of the Urb. Bello Monte in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on May 19, 2012. The cats and dogs were relocated after a flood that took place the previous day, were the location of the organization was left destroyed. The water that rose higher than four feet and covered the first row of the animal cages, no animal drowned.(Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez/El Nuevo Dia ©2012)
  • Over 200,000 thousand people came to the historic Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in front of America's national capital, in Washington D.C. to celebrate Capital Pride, the annual LGBT pride and human rights festival on Sunday, June 10, 2012. (Photo by Benjamin B. Morris ©2012)
  • Martin Carrasquillo, as Kañoff Rodrigueiizzhh from The Rodriguezzhh Family, an act of the National Circus of Puerto Rico, hides inside in a vending truck at a fundraiser for Bieke Ruiz, 11-year-old cancer patient, on May 20, 2012 in Cayey, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez ©2012)
  • Kennedy Chango (#3) of the Ventura County Fusion takes control of the ball during the first half of the third round of the US Open Cup soccer playoff while his teammate Travis Bowen (#22) defends against Scott Gordon (#2) and Blair Gavin (#18) . Ventura County Fusion played Chivas USA at the Ventura College Stadium in Ventura, Calif on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Ventura County Fusion lost to Chivas USA 0 to 1. (Photo by Victoria Linssen / Brooks Institute ©2012).
  • Sebastian Alvarado, front, and Revel Ruiz play at a fundrasing event for cancer patient, Bieke Ruiz, in Cayey, Puerto Rico, on May 20, 2012. (Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez ©2012)
  • Lon Phan spends the afternoon landboarding in front of the Washington Monument, in Washington D.C. on Saturday, June 9, 2012. He says the sport is more popular in Europe and that there are only a few people in America who landboard. (Photo by Benjamin B. Morris ©2012)
  • Maria A. Soto comforts her daughter, Emma, at her aunts house after the celebration of Mother's Day on May 13, 2012, in Cayey, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez ©2012)

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Week in Pictures Week 12, Spring 2012

April 9, 2012 by admin

Amanda Shaklee sits as her dad shaves her head bald at her house in Oxnard, Calif., on Saturday, March 30, 2012. Amanda is twenty-three years old and was diagnosed with grade 3 breast cancer a month ago. She decided to shave her head because her hair began to fall out do to Chemotherapy. (Photo by Robert Curtis/Brooks Institute (C)2012)

Week in Pictures Week 10-11, Spring 2012

April 2, 2012 by admin
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  • Ryan Sosa at Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Ventura, Calif., Monday, Mar. 19, 2012. (Photo by Mitch Viquez/Brooks Institute ©2012)
  • View from Amangiri's restaurant to mountains and rocks that are 90 million years old, spot very rich in dinossaurs fossils. The resort took 10 years to get permission to be built in the Glen Canyon area, Arizona. 23 March, 2012. (Photo by Mariana Campos/Brooks Institute © 2012)
  • After exploring the Grand Canyon during his whole life Matt Penrod finds a new spot after a big hiking adventure on 23 March, 2012. (Photo by Mariana Campos/ Brooks Institute © 2012)
  • Great Lake's airplane for 19 passengers approaches the city of Page in Arizona on 23 March, 2012. (Photo by Mariana Campos/ Brooks Institute © 2012)
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  • Allysa Belden, 26, of Northridge, Calif., poses for a portrait in the upstairs studio at Premier Dance Studio in Oxnard, Calif. Belden has been dancing since the age of three and has been teaching ballet, hip hop, and lyrical dance at Premier Dance Studio for six years. She currently lives in Simi Valley. (Photo by Miranda Blackstone/Brooks Institute©2012)
  • Photo by Stephanie Grumbeck ©2012 Front left, Irina Maximova of the West Hollywood United and Brandy Young of the Purple Team compete for possession of the ball during the second half of the game on Saturday morning, March 24, 2012 at the John Ferraro Athletic Fields in Los Angeles, Calif. Maximova scored one of the two goals for the West Hollywood United. The Purple Team and West Hollywood United tied 2-2; both teams are part of the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Municipal Sports Soccer Program.
  • Individuals mark each other and others with colored powder during the Holi Festival of Colors, on Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012, at the Lotus Temple, in Spanish Fork, Utah. (Photo by Viviana Rivera/ Brooks Institute © 2012)
  • Individuals at the Holi Festival of Colors, on Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012, at the Lotus Temple, in Spanish Fork, Utah. (Photo by Viviana Rivera/ Brooks Institute © 2012)
  • On a rainy day in San Ramon, California, Michael Woodburn trains for an upcoming race on his road bike on March 24, 2012. (Photo by Kelton Woodburn)
  • Cody Kurz plays catch to warm himself for the game against Ventura College at Ventura College in Ventura, Calif., Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2012. (Photo by Mitch Viquez/Brooks Institute ©2012)
  • Powerplant located in the city of Page, Arizona on 23 March, 2012. Because of its pollution and agression to the environment around the Glen Canyon area it will be closed by 2017. (Photo by Mariana Campos/ Brooks Institute © 2012)
  • A rainy cold morning in Ventura CA. Saturday march 17 2012.(Photo by Claire Eggers/ Brooks Institute ©2012)
  • A crown in front of the stage dances to live music during the Holi Festival of Colors, on Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012, at the Lotus Temple, in Spanish Fork, Utah.(Photo by Benjamin B. Morris ©2012)
  • Holi, the festival of colors, at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, on Saturday, March 24, 2012. ( © Suzanne Tylander 2012/ Brooks Institute)
  • (Photo by Benjamin B. Morris ©2012)

Week in Pictures Week 8, Spring 2012

March 12, 2012 by admin
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  • This is Skyler Stonestreet, a singer/songwriter based out of Los Angeles, Calif. We got together and shot some fun portraits here in Ventura, Calif. on March 1, 2012. This one using a Mamiya 120 film camera. (Photo by: JR Watson © 2012)
  • Cory Soto and Curtis James, of the Ventura based band "Birdfeeder", work on a new song at their recording studio in Ventura, Calif. on February 29, 2012. (Photo by: JR Watson © 2012)
  • Doriane Raiman reaches for mirror in Mie N Yu, Asian infusion restaurant in Georgetown, Washington D.C. on the weekend of March 3, 2012. (Photo by Benjamin Brian Morris ©2012)
  • People leaving the metro from Adams Morgon, Washington D.C. on the eve of March 3, 2012. (Photo by Benjamin Brian Morris ©2012)

 

Week in Pictures Week 7, Spring 2012

March 5, 2012 by admin
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  • #### is receiving a punch while sparring at Joe Big's Boxing club at the corner of Ventura Ave. and Main St. in Ventura, Calif, on Feb 29th, 2012. ©Michael Lopez_2012.
  • From left, Mayda Del Valle and Soraya Medina rest between songs at the rehearsal of Atabey. The skirt used by women has changed through out the decades to evolve in an elegant attire, in the beginnings the slaves had barely enough clothes given to them by their owners; women would, in slavery times, dance with a chest bare. The cúa, left, is the instrument played with two sticks to keep the rhythm of the song. Afro-Puerto Rican music group, Atabey, rehearses at the Ifa Temple in Los Angeles, Calif., on Monday Feb. 20, 2012. José Rodríguez formed the group in 2008, with a focus on performing and educating the public about the music and the culture. Bomba, the oldest music genre in Puerto Rico, began with the slaves brought from Africa who worked in the sugar cane plantations. (Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez ©2012)

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