Haiti Earthquake and Culture in Photographs
Haiti Earthquake and Culture in Photographs by Nate Howard
http://www.natehoward.com/pages/haiti_earthquake.php
January 30, 2010
January 16, 2010
Nate Howard Bound for Haiti Jan. 18 to 26 to photograph Rescue Children Orphanage in Santo, Haiti.
Nate Howard Bound for Haiti Jan. 18 to 26 to photograph Rescue Children Orphanage in Santo, Haiti. http://rescuechildren.org/
Rescue Children
December 20, 2009
Wall Drug, Wall, South Dakota
The roadside attraction of Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota by Nate Howard
Wall Drug is a bizarre place to visit. I recommend you stop and take your time, lose yourself.
October 29, 2009
Nate Howard Photographs Kosovo for Traveller Magazine
Nate Howard in CR Magazine
Nate Howard photographs an assignment featuring Heidi Nelson, a surgeon and academic researcher at Mayo Clinic.
October 27, 2009
Nate Howard Featured at Every Writers Resource
Nate Howard has traveled the world as a photojournalist. The photographs he sent to us were from, Russia, Mexico, Iraq, and Kosovo. Photography taken all around the world does not always have a lot of similarities, but what we were most impressed by was Mr. Howard’s ability to capture quiet human moments that made us feel like we knew the people photographed.
April 27, 2009
Mexico City and Oaxaca with Coffee
Posted at www.natehoward.com you will find new photographs from Mexico City, Oaxaca and a coffee vendor.
For Mexico City:
Mexico City
For Oaxaca:
Oaxaca
For Coffee:
Coffee
February 26, 2009
Mexico then the Mower County Fair
I am pleased to announce that I am the superintendent of the 2009, 125th Mower County Fair Photography Exhibit. For more on the Mower County Fair, visit their website at www.mowercountyfair.com.
I do have an album from the 2005 Mower County Fair.
In April I will be photographing Mexico City and the state of Oaxaca Mexico with writer Bronson Pettit.
Bronson is from Austin, Minnesota and now living in Mexico City.
January 30, 2009
New Photography Albums of Nate Howard
Recent photography albums posted at Nate Howard Photography (http://www.natehoward.com) include:
Mexico and Mexico City:
To Mexico Photographs
Washington D.C. (District of Columbia):
To Washington, D.C. Photographs
And my home town of Austin, Minnesota 55912:
To Austin, Minn. Photographs
I've also created a client list which can be found at my "About" page:
To "About" page
Thanks for visiting.
October 07, 2008
Nate's Photography from Kosovo at New Kosova Report
Kosovo by Nate Howard
By Nate Howard
TUESDAY, 07 OCTOBER 2008
Nate Howard
In the beginning, I rode a bus from Skopje, Macedonia to Prishtina, crossing the border checks with my United States passport, a little Macedonian cash and a credit card.
August 26, 2008
Spillville Iowa as photographed by Nate Howard
Nothing fancy here.
Spillville, Iowa is a small town in northeast Iowa. If a tourist comes to town, they will visit the Bily's Clock Museum featuring hand carved wooden clocks by two bachelor farming brothers.
In the same building as the museum is where Antonín Dvořák lived with his family. The great composer from Prague, then New York City, wanted to listen to the birds again.
He spent the summer of 1893 with his family in the Czech-speaking community of Spillville, Iowa, to which some of his cousins had earlier immigrated. While there he composed the String Quartet in F (the "American"), and the String Quintet in E flat, as well as a Sonatina for violin and piano.
To Spillville, Iowa Photographs
Spillville, Iowa is a small town in northeast Iowa. If a tourist comes to town, they will visit the Bily's Clock Museum featuring hand carved wooden clocks by two bachelor farming brothers.
In the same building as the museum is where Antonín Dvořák lived with his family. The great composer from Prague, then New York City, wanted to listen to the birds again.
He spent the summer of 1893 with his family in the Czech-speaking community of Spillville, Iowa, to which some of his cousins had earlier immigrated. While there he composed the String Quartet in F (the "American"), and the String Quintet in E flat, as well as a Sonatina for violin and piano.
To Spillville, Iowa Photographs
March 18, 2008
Mitrovica Kosovo and the Media Theatre
In this corner (the north of Kosovo) weighing in with some blabber from Russia... the Serbs of Mitrovica.
And in this corner (the south part of Mitrovica) weighing in with the powder puff, marshmallow tossing U.N. and NATO... the Albanian Kosovars.
Folks, it looks like this could go many rounds as the U.N. team is showing amazing stamina with assistance from many coaches and trainers at their side. And for the Serbs, well, they have only one coach in the corner who I can't imagine really gives a shit about 30,000 Serbs in southern Serbia, or Northern Kosova, or Kosovo, but as a matter of showing their oily muscles they are propelling the hope of the passionate Serbs.
And in the middle of the ring, the media. The tight pictures of the theatrics performed just for us. And another flag (the U.N.'s) is burned, which took a while and it seemed to be made of a flame resistant material.
But then the younger crowd appeared and dressed as angel, one man delivers a white box labeled, "Pandora's Box". More creative but did they have to take a line from Russia?
It is quit a show folks, yet ticket sales are down as the U.S. is hosting the popular show at this time. The match between Hillary and Obama, and some mention of a John McCain? Whoever he is?
With some violence on the Kosovo/Serbia front, it seems more spectators are arriving.
March 08, 2008
Kosovo or Kosova Photography Is Posted
If you would like to have a look at my photographs from Kosovo, simply go to my home page.
There are five albums which can be accessed from the home page. Enjoy and thanks for visiting.
February 29, 2008
9, 10... Home Again
I am back from my visit to Kosovo. I need some time (maybe a few days) to edit and will let you know as soon as I post.
February 21, 2008
At last a CD ROM
Next time you are in Gjilan, Kosovo, I suggest the Viskinet internet cafe. They have CD Rom drives in the computers.
So I will attach some photos from Gjilan, the town, and Shurdahn School.
More to come, I will wait to process more film when I return to Minnesota.
Gjilan Kosovo
Today was a great day as a photojournalist visiting the school in Shurdahn Kosovo. The school is located in the mountains outside of Gjilan, near the border of Serbia and Macedonia, or more precisely outside the village of Zegra, Kosovo. I photographed students in Biology and Albanian language classes as well as at recess. I also visited with American soldiers from Minnesota who visit the school once or twice a week, helping with some maintenance of the school and also with Englsih lessons. The students were excited to see me, standing as I (or the teacher) enters the class. They say hello, one boys says, "What's Up?"
They are all learning English and some were eager to practice the language. I also visited with the school director and on this day, the inspectors from the Kosovar governement were visiting. With help from the English teacher, she translated. They made Turkish coffee for all, including myself, and offered cigarettes and cookies.
The school is in bad condition and in need of repair. The governement wants to close it but the director, of 26 years, says no, they need this school. There is no other school in the area. So it remains open and with heat from wood burning stoves in each class and water stained ceilings and walls, education continues.
At recess the children play soccer. It is madness. These children, both boys and girls are tough. The boys also like to arm wrestle. They have two ten minute breaks, and 15 minutes for lunch. Most children do not bring any food and none is offered at the school. There are two school sessions. The morning students attend from 7:40 AM to 1:40 PM then another shift of students arrive.
I travelled by bus from Gjilan to Zegra, then took a taxi to Shurdahn.
Shurdahn was all Albanian people however, in Gjilian there are some Serbians. As an American it is almost impossible to recognize the difference. Albanians can see the difference in the face.
I hope tomorrow to visit with Alabnians.
I will stay tonight in Gjilan. My favorite town in Kosovo, not as big as Prishtina and I feel the locals are more connected, a more intimate town.
I am shooting film and will have a roll processed today and a CD made from the roll. I will post a couple photos tonight.
My health is well and I feel respected.
Tomorrow I meet with an Albanian translator and learn more about the town of Gjilan where he is from. -END
February 19, 2008
Kosovo and Kosova
The coffee in Kosovo, or Kosava as Albanians spell the name of the world's newest country, is fantastic.
More to come when I find time and can gather what I think.
February 07, 2008
Photojournalist to Kosovo
I am off to Kosovo this February, 2008, to photograph Kosovo's declaration of independence. I will also be in Skopje Macedonia and make a stop at Camp Bondsteel (Bond-Steel) the U.S. Military base in Kosovo. If you are seeking photographs from Kosovo, please email me, nate@natehoward.com.
For more information about Kosovo, attached is an article from Reuters, by Fatos Bytyci.
December 14, 2007
Photography Trumps Reality
Man depends on sight primarily. Second is hearing. Here are some paraphrased ideas from Roger Fry:
With admirable economy we learn to see only as much as needed for our purposes, which is very little. Just enough to recognize and identify an object or person. They are an entry made in our mental catalogue and are no more really seen. It is only when an object exists in our lives for no other reason or purpose than to be seen that we really look at it.
Photography does not demand a response in action or create a physical change in the body but replaces chaos with order for the psyche.
Emotion presented in a picture may not be as effective as reality but projects itself more distinctly with clarity into the consciousness.
The viewer can have a detached point of view, a disinterested intensity of contemplation not available in reality.
A picture is more real than reality because of conditions in humans that prevent us from seeing plainly and precisely when we are in a state of mental unrest. The eye can see the picture with a selective and calm perspective, more information is gathered.
Seeing is visual shorthand where a picture allows all the details.
The skill of the artist is a superior perception and more sensitive reaction to his environment.
For the photographer, he shoots from artistic instinct. An innate urge to self express because he believes the way he sees is unique and important.
July 23, 2007
The Bakery and Coffee Bar of Flandreau, South Dakota
One of those places you just happen across and without knowing it somehow changes your life forever. That is the Bakery and Coffee Bar of Flandreau, South Dakota.
To be experienced...www.natehoward.com
Sweden, Finland and Russia are Posted
Visit Nate's home page www.natehoward.com to see three new albums, titled Sweden, Finland and Russia.
These photos were taken in July 2007. Most of the pictures come from Stockholm, Sweden, Helsink, Finland and Saint Petersburg Russia.
May 08, 2007
San Jose Del Cabo is Posted
We interrupt this program to bring you the latest in Nate Howard's black and white, documentary photography from Mexico.
Visit Nate's home page www.natehoward.com to see photographs from yet another endangered culture on the southern tip of Baja Mexico.
Notice in the image with the boy kicking the soccer ball the mega-resorts being constructed along the beach.
As for the town square, Mexican life is strong. It is in Cabo San Lucas, thirty miles away where the Americans have conquered the culture and land but the development is well underway in San Jose Del Cabo as well.
Coming in the summer of 2007...
Nate shoots Sweden, Iceland and Russia. Stay tuned!
March 16, 2007
Coming soon... Sweden, Finland and Russia in July 2007
Plans are in the works for Nate to photograph in Sweden, Finland and Russia July, 2007.
Stay tuned... www.natehoward.com
July 11, 2006
Destination Wedding Photography : Nate Howard
About me: Nate Howard is a professional photojournalist living in Minnesota. Nate has photographed from Iraq, Kuwait, Mexico and across the United States.
I am available for destination weddings, and especially interested in destination weddings in Mexico. Please take a look at my site, I think the photos there will say more about me and my work than any blog entry. You can view both color and black and white albums at www.natehoward.com
Albums include Iraq, Kuwait, Mexico, Las Vegas, Calfornia, and the Midwest.
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