I’ve been putting together a video for MCF from my time in Arizona- came upon this image that I took my last day there. I’d decided to get up before dawn for the drive down to Flagstaff, knowing I’d arrive several hours early. I wanted one last crack at that gorgeous desert light.
Author Archives: Mike Kane
Mark Vadon, for The Wall Street Journal
Zulily. Blue Nile. Now Home Depot. The first two he founded- he chairs all three. Wow. I can change the brakes on my van…how does that stack up?
Tree thievery, for Seattle Met
These are some images from a feature that I shot for Seattle Met about timber poaching in the Olympic National Forest. Great article. And perhaps more interesting than my pictures was how I got them. It’s not like there are maps drawn up to where folks poach trees. I was given GPS coordinates and told...
Visit lovely Tacoma
I recently did some shooting in Tacoma for the good people at Saga City Media. The redesign on this vistors guide is sharp, and it totally makes sense that it’s born of the same crew that puts out Seattle Met.
8 days on the rez
Flying standby, waiting to board. Flagstaff. This past week has been…a lot of things, really. But no one thing more than exhausting. Since entering the land of the Navajo I’ve eaten lamb intestine, inhaled a cubic yard of windblown dust, met sheep herders, hairspray drinkers, and shamanic visionaries. I helped rustle cattle and photographed a...
The copper state
After 12 hours of travel I find myself within yelling distance of Canyon de Chelly on the Navajo Reservation. I’m here for the Marguerite Casey Foundation with writer Claudia Rowe, digging into land rights stuff and health issues involving the Navajo Generating Station, one of the nation’s dirtiest coal-fire power plants. There is a lot...
Russian crab poachers, for The Wall Street Journal
Went to Pike Place Market today, for Jim Carlton’s story about illegal Russian fishermen upsetting the market for Alaskan crab, and putting the squeeze on US crabbers. Not as good as a Coast Guard patrol on the Bering Sea, but sometimes all the pictures have to do is convey the right mood.
Reproductive Parity Act, for The New York Times
This was a tough assignment. Though super interesting to hear folks debate HB 1044 (the abortion mandate bill), nothing really lent itself to super interesting photos. Kudos for keeping it civil people, but man…making my job harder.
Witnessing resuscitation, for The New York Times
UW’s Dr. Rosemarie Fernandez recently published a study indicating family members who were able to observe CPR and other resuscitation efforts on dying loved ones experienced greatly reduced post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression. Full story here.
On assignment: tidal flats of Anacortes
Shooting for USA Today, happened upon this. Looked better than it smelled.