“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” - Johnny Cash
Read MoreJohn Prine would tell stories between songs or when he’d reach for a new guitar. The packed audience was completely silent, hanging on every word, listening to a sermon of sorts, Sunday mass for the everyman.
Read MoreI was recently assigned to walk the Denver burbs for the Los Angeles Times and speak with primary voters and document canvassers. For the first time in 20 years, Colorado is holding a presidential primary instead of caucuses.
Read MoreThe United States maternal death rate is among the highest in the developed world. Eighteen states haven't studied these deaths and others tend to blame moms. This assignment, to photograph and interview Nathan Butler, played a role in a larger project, Deadly Deliveries, launched by USA TODAY to investigate why thousands of moms are needlessly injured, and some die, giving birth every year in the U.S.
Read MoreVisitors read the raised bronze letters of the Columbine Memorial plaques in whispers, asking questions to God, survivors, the community, and each other.
The confusion still hangs in the air, blending with the sounds of current events. They ring in your ears as you run your hand along the rough red sandstone wall built into the side of a hill where students once gathered before football games, after class, and in times of joy.
Read MoreRecently assigned by Barcroft Media, I drove south to the small mountain town of Buena Vista, Colorado to link up with Hailey Wait, a local teen who is using her social media influence to showcase an often misunderstood truth in beauty:
You don’t have to be perfect to be beautiful.
Read MoreOuttakes from a recent assignment for Education Week to document and gather portraits of Overland High School students involved in a program seeking to build and strengthen civil discourse skills.
Again, I’m proud to play a part in a larger initiative that Education Week launched in October to help better understand the role of education in the, as many say, current American civics crisis.
Read MoreNew photography work published for Education Week. Proud to play a part of a larger initiative that launched in October to help better understand the role of education in the, as many say, current American civics crisis.
Read MoreMy editor at Education Week recently emailed me a handful of PDFs from a long-range project, Citizen Z, I worked on with the publication along with a few assignments.
Thanks for taking a look.
Read MoreFinal Edition. Presses fell silent. Shuttered. February 27, 2009.
Artifacts from an era of booming profits, record readership, and huge circulation numbers are all that remain of many newspapers.
Read MoreNathan W. Armes is a travel photographer and videographer based in Denver, Colorado.
