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Finding their Mojo

The UConn women got down to business at the XL Center Tuesday night.  They brought their fighting game to defeat the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, 63-54, to win the Big East championship, their fifth...

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Workin’ It

  It was my good fortune recently to be given an assignment to photograph veteran jazz pianist Emery Smith at his home in Hartford’s Blue Hills neighborhood.  The assignment requested a portrait of Mr....

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THE Q VIEW

The new Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, also known as the "Q" Bridge, is under construction spanning the Quinnipiac River in New Haven. At left is the Tomlinson lift bridge and at right is the existing...

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Imagination Gone Wild

  “But the wild things cried, “Oh please don’t go – we’ll eat you up – we love you so!” And Max said, “No!” The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their...

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Spirit of a Century: Thurston Couser

This is the latest installment in an occasional series, Spirit of a Century, profiling centenarians in Connecticut. We profile Thurston Couser, of Hartford. Thurston Couser has no regrets. At 100, he...

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Birds of a Feather

On a warm morning in May as I was getting ready to leave for work, I noticed a male Bluebird sitting atop my bird feeder. I waited inside and watched him hop from the feeder, which is next to my...

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Hunter-gatherers

  In anthropological terms, photojournalists are akin to hunter-gatherers. We hunt for and gather pictures to feed the eternally hungry pages of the newspaper, not unlike a growing child, and their...

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In the Presence of the Dalai Lama

“My fundamental belief is that we are all the same as human beings. We don’t need an introduction when we meet because we are mentally, physically, emotionally the same. I find this is a very helpful...

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Eighth Wonder

The UConn women won their eighth national championship earlier this month in New Orleans when they crushed rival Notre Dame, 83-65 in the semi-final and rolled over Louisville, 93-60, in the title...

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Waiting to Make Chocolate Milk

2013.05.06 Durham, CT Gabrielle Larkin, 5, watches as her mom, Melynda Naples, (off camera) spreads some hay outside the barn at Deerfield Farm in Durham Monday. Two Jersey calves, Tiara and Dolly,...

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Life After UConn

2013.05.07 – Montville, CT – Former UConn great and Connecticut Sun rookie Kelly Faris is photographed by the New London Day’s Sean Elliot as she waits to do a television interview during media day at...

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Mother’s Day Graduate

2013.05.12 Storrs, CT – Dylan O’Sullivan, 2 1/2, wearing his own graduation gown, waves to the crowd as he walks with his mom, Aine O’Sullivan, of Fairfield, on Mother’s Day, after she received her...

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Prince Harry in Connecticut

Prince Harry shouts to a teammate on the field at the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup at the Greenwich Polo Club Wednesday. CLOE POISSON|cpoisson@courant.com

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Kettle Corn Cooker

2013.05.16 – Durham, CT – Al Kostuk, of Durham, stirs a batch of kettle corn at the Durham Farmer’s Market on the town green Thursday. Kostuk, a retired mechanic, is the proprietor of Pisgah Mountain...

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University of New Haven Commencement

The University of New Haven held it’s 90th Spring commencement at the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford Sunday. Ted Kennedy, Jr. was the commencement speaker, admonishing the class of 2013 to “Go take on...

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Chaos Theory

2013.05.20 – Stamford, CT – Early-bird commuters wait in Monday morning’s cool mist at the Stamford station for a train to Grand Central. Many commuters were bussed in from Bridgeport to bypass the...

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The Swing of Things

Golf legend Billy Casper visited Metacomet Elementary School in Bloomfield to talk to students participating in SNAG – Starting New At Golf – a program created by Wintonbury Hills Golf Course and the...

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“Not Your Father’s Coast Guard”

Vice President Joe Biden delivered the keynote address at the 132nd commencement exercises at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He told graduates that they face new challenges in a changing world.  ”This...

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Doing What He Loves

2013.05.29 – West Hartford, CT – John Mastroianni reacts while rehearsing the pep band at Hall High School where he is the band director. Mastroianni is West Hartford’s Teacher of the Year.“He is,...

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One Game Away

The Masuk and Foran high school’s softball teams each won their contests in the Class L semi-final games at Biondi Field Tuesday. Foran pulled off a victory over Maloney, 5-4,  and Masuk, 26-0, beat...

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