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Matt Mendelsohn Photo Story
Ian Solender, Photographer
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Palm Beach Gardens | Fl | USA | Posted: 7:24 AM on 08.14.09 |
->> I just had to tell Matt openly.. Thanks
Thanks for reminding me what grabbed me and and made me a photojournalist.
Great story, great pictures. |
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Randy Vanderveen, Photographer
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Grande Prairie | AB | Canada | Posted: 11:01 AM on 08.14.09 |
->> I agree. Matt, is a great photographer and also a great story teller. His work never ceases to amaze me. If you are just casually making your way through the message board STOP. Go back to the homepage and read through Matt't featured story. This is good journalism. Kudos to Sportsshooter.com for highlighting this when a newspaper was scared because the "publisher of a large newspaper—where this story was to have run—has, based upon a three-sentence synopsis, deemed her story "depressing," certain to further the exodus of precious advertisers from the Sunday magazine. Advertisers want happier stories, the publisher explains."
It really is no wonder some papers are in trouble. The very stories that would draw people in whether because it is local or empathetic journalism are the very stories they refuse to run, spending days on end dealing with entertainment news that is meaningless.
Matt and Sportsshooter thanks again for sharing this— a true example of what the right mix of text and photos is really like. |
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Patrick Meredith, Photographer, Assistant
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Austin | TX | USA | Posted: 11:22 AM on 08.14.09 |
| ->> Thanks for sharing this story with SS. Very, very good. |
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Robert Beck, Photographer
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Carlsbad | CA | USA | Posted: 11:30 AM on 08.14.09 |
| ->> Great piece. |
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G.J. McCarthy, Photographer
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Dallas | TX | Lower 48 | Posted: 11:54 AM on 08.14.09 |
->> Couldn't agree more. Great photos, a good read and overall a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing, Matt.
What was that some folks were saying about photojournalism dying?
- gerry - |
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John Riddell, Photographer
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Toronto | ON | Canada | Posted: 12:12 PM on 08.14.09 |
->> Wow
Wow
Wow
It's been a long time since I've been pulled into a story like that and actually didn't feel the need to stop to look for the photos to help illustrate the story.
Some great photos enhance some great writing. I think this could be called 'a story with photos' rather than the standard 'photo story'. Nuttin' wrong with that!
Powerful stuff Matt.
Thank you for sharing this story in such a classy and honest way. |
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Craig Glover, Photographer
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London | ON | Canada | Posted: 2:37 PM on 08.14.09 |
| ->> Very powerful story Matt, and great photos as well. After reading the opening paragraph I was hooked. Also enjoyed reading the Q&A between Matt and Bert in the new Sportsshooter Newsletter. |
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Mike Carlson, Photographer
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Bayonet Point | FL | USA | Posted: 2:58 PM on 08.14.09 |
| ->> I defy anyone to read that story and then find something to complain about on the message board - perspective is a great thing sometimes. |
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Steve Ueckert, Photographer
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Houston | TX | | Posted: 6:24 PM on 08.14.09 |
->> Matt--
Very well done, words and photos. Provocative and emotional, but not sappy, it is something I won't soon forget.
As previously mentioned, once I started, I couldn't stop until I reached the end. |
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Manuello Paganelli, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 6:50 PM on 08.14.09 |
->> I have known Matt for many yrs and his stories and photos are like pieces of jewel to jolt us, get us crying and laughing and leave us in a pensive state.
His narrative carries us as if we were his 3rd eye from the very first moment he clicked the shutter.
Matt thanks for sharing this and so many other powerful stories with us.
Lu is truly a remarkable & inspirational woman.
More 2 Come
MP
www.ManuelloPaganelli |
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Octavian Cantilli, Photographer, Assistant
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Bay City | MI | United States | Posted: 8:54 PM on 08.14.09 |
| ->> Amazing story done by a complete photojournalist. I rarely see a strong photographer producing such a strong narrative. This was very inspirational! Thanks Matt for sharing and your effort. |
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Robert Hanashiro, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | | Posted: 10:18 AM on 08.15.09 |
->> This issue of the Sports Shooter Newsletter was about a month in creation. I wanted to have Matt's story on Lindsay featured but also wanted to have several other stories to have around it to carry through a sort of "theme" I had envisioned for this special issue.
My idea for the underlying theme: Good, solid, professional journalism is alive and well and there are many of us out there that still have that fire and desire despite all that is going on in this business.
Thanks also to Hannah, Adam, Rick and Ron for contributing to this issue of Sports Shooter.
And thanks to Brad for getting it all together for the web.
'Nuff Said! |
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Al Santos, Photographer
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Silver Spring | MD | USA | Posted: 11:50 AM on 08.15.09 |
| ->> Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing. |
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