I have learned as a multi-media journalist the importance of being able to tell a story across multiple platforms. Words have power. Images have power. Together, they tell a depth of story that one or the other alone cannot. Below is a slideshow of some of the images I’ve photographed to accompany stories that range in scale from a personal victory or struggle, to the power of community engagement and triumph; a new business launch or a town’s moment of collective grief.
Saving Lacey, literally, turned out to be a happy accident, not only for the battered cast-away race horse that’s learned to trust again, but for Colleen Goulding, who got way more than she bargained for — two horses for the price of one — the day she brought Lacey home from a New Jersey kill pen.
Horse drawn funeral procession awaits the body of Chester Fire Chief Raymond Doloff.
Chester NH pays tribute to deceased Fire Chief Ray “Red” Doloff.
Colleen Goulding and the abused race horse she rescued from a kill pen, Lacey Mae, with Lilly Grace.
Firefighters traditionally place a funeral card inside their hats.