Trenton Times

So I had a pretty uneventful day today, mostly shot video of a press conference. On my way back to the statehouse from the presser I saw this newspaper box that was sitting on the side of the road. Somebody just dragged it out of the wooded area in the background where it must have been sitting for many, many years. I don't know how old this paper box is but it's pretty old - long before I started working for the Trenton Times. The newspaper box was just worn, lonely and sad looking so I made two illegal u-turns to capture this image above. One of my favorite books as a kid was Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel and this kind of reminded me of that book. I think the open door reminds me of the steam shovel's open scoop. It's also my favorite book to read to Jacob.

I worked at "The Times" for about six years, maybe longer, as a stringer. I actually got my start at the Trentonian where many photographers started... most not lasting more than three months because they had a pretty unbearable photo editor (he used to tell everyone he taught me everything I know, uh, thanks Bob, not!) and they didn't pay very well. I would have to say that most of what I know today I learned at the Times - they had a great staff of photographers who were willing to help out budding photographers. They still have a great staff but there's only three of them now... and that's what makes this image even sadder.