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Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on August 20, 2012 at 5:20 pm

Aug 202012

So, I haven’t kept up with this blog for awhile, but I’m just going to jump right back in and post some of my favorite photos from the last couple of years. Please check back soon, as I’ll be updating regularly. Thanks for stopping by!

2011:

Victoria Ulrich, 17, plays with building-blocks in her room at her home in Cortlandt on March 31, 2011. Victoria was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a facial-cranial disorder, and as a result has no outer ears, cannot speak without assistance and has seizures. Victoria’s father George is being forced to change his work hours at the United States Postal Service, which enabled him to care for his daughter after school, after 17 years of accommodation. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Victoria Ulrich, 17, right, eats a pudding snack as her brother Christopher, 23, left, looks at some of her day’s schoolwork at their home in Cortlandt on March 31, 2011. Victoria was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a facial-cranial disorder, and as a result has no outer ears, cannot speak without assistance and has seizures. Victoria’s father George, center, is being forced to change his work hours at the United States Postal Service, which enabled him to care for his daughter after school, after 17 years of accommodation. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Victoria Ulrich, 17, left, talks with her brother Christopher, 23, about her school day while in her room at their home in Cortlandt on March 31, 2011. Victoria was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a facial-cranial disorder, and as a result has no outer ears, cannot speak without assistance and has seizures. Victoria’s father George is being forced to change his work hours at the United States Postal Service, which enabled him to care for his daughter after school, after 17 years of accommodation. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Mike Spano is congratulated on his way to give his victory speech in the Yonkers mayoral race among his supporters at The Polish Center at 92 Waverly St. in Yonkers on Nov. 8, 2011. Voters in Westchester County made their selections for local and county officials, along with state Supreme Court justices. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Mehrdad Sanai of Dutchess County recovers after running during the weekly meeting for the Westchester Track Club at the White Plains High School track June 1, 2011. Sanai, who said he works in area, has been a member over ten years, and said the group is like a family. Mike Barnow, who leads the group, has coached some of the runners in his class since the 1970s. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey clown Dr. Adam Smasher, right, asks for a volunteer to assist him and fellow clown Kid Kinetic during a performance of “Science of the Circus” at the John Paulding School in Tarrytown on Feb. 16, 2011. Smasher, who is also known as Joel Ringling, and Kinetic, who is also known as Mike Ringling, said the goal of the performances are to show children fun and practical examples of laws of science and physics. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Many girls competing in the steeplechase struggle through the course during the Pirate Relays track and field meet at Pearl River High School in Pearl River on April 2, 2011. Molly Shine of Pearl River took first in the event, and fellow Pearl River competitor Kerry Guerin took third. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Neil Bellamy of Brooklyn, center, uncle of graduate Michael Bellamy, uses a graduation program as a makeshift umbrella during the Mamaroneck High School graduation June 22, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Homeowner Diana Jordan, 82, is photographed at her flooded property on Highway 340 in Sparkill on March 11, 2011. Jordan said she was told by officials of Sparkill that Sparkill Creek would be dredged, but it hasn’t happened. Diana and husband Albert, 83, were homebound all day, but the Sparkill Fire Department was able to move their car to avoid extensive flood damage to the vehicle. A neighboring cottage they had hoped to rent will need extensive repair and restoration. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Aron Gjonbalaj (cq) of Briarcliff Manor, 11 months old, experiences the beach for the first time, reluctantly at moments, with the help of his father Florent Gjonbalaj (cq) at Oakland Beach in Rye on June 1, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Bronxville’s Christian Conway is brought down head on by Tuckahoe’s Gary Moss during the football game between the two state champs at Bronxville High School on Sept. 24, 2011. Bronxville beat Tuckahoe 33-12. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

during the Spartan Sprint at the Tuxedo Ridge Ski Center in Orange County on June 4, 2011. Competitors faced several obstacles, including the muddy 40-yard uphill barbed-wire crawl, an ice pit, fire pit and the final run through a gauntlet of muscled “gladiators.” ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Shawn Marren, the human cannonball at the Royal Hanneford Circus, is photographed with his cannon outside the Westchester County Center in White Plains on Feb. 17, 2011. Marren is billed in the show as “The Human Lightning Bolt.” ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Rockland Rockstar Resident, and resident rocker, Joe Delia is photographed at this home in Tappan on Jan. 13, 2011. Delia is a career musician who provides keyboards and vocals for his band, Thieves, scores movies and has a long list of musical accomplishments to his name. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Ossining at Sleepy Hollow football 10-1-11

Ossining’s Keon Ervin breaks up a touchdown pass to Sleepy Hollow’s Darien James during Sleepy Hollow’s last drive in the fourth quarter during the football game at Sleepy Hollow High School on Oct. 1, 2011. Ossining beat Sleepy Hollow 25-20. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Monsignor Patrick Carney leads Mass before the Sacred Heart Parish Children’s Mass and Pageant at Sacred Heart Church in Hartsdale on Dec. 24, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Dishes served at a table overlooking the Hudson River, counter-clockwise from left, are photographed on the patio at the riverfront restaurant Harvest-on-Hudson at 1 River St. in Hastings-on-Hudson on Aug. 2, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Hutchinson River Parkway traffic 12-1-11

Traffic flows northbound at left and southbound at right after dusk on the Hutchinson River Parkway as seen from the Weaver Street overpass in Scarsdale on Dec. 1, 2011. The Hutch is one of the most difficult roads for commuters in the New York City metro area. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Below is a series of portraits I photographed for our Thanksgiving centerpiece story last year, and then did a quick layout as option for our designers. Each photo was for a story on situations where the subjects were thankful.

( Photo illustration by Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

2010:

Bennett Chazen stretches inside of an isolation-unit at White Plains Hospital on Nov. 11, 2010. Bennett and twin brother Camden were born Aug. 31, 10-weeks premature. Their parents Emily and Michael are particularly thankful this Thanksgiving because the babies survived, and for the work of hospital staff throughout the ordeal. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Luke McDermott, a fifth grader at Richard P. Connor Elementary School in Suffern, is comforted by his neighbor, Melissa Esmez, whose child also attends the school, on June 16, 2010, during a gathering of students, staff and parents at the school’s athletic field to dedicate a memorial to slain gym teacher Jami Erlich. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Chris Bloch, 25, of Yonkers, embraces Meghan Marshall, 29, of White Plains, while celebrating the United States’ game-winning goal against Algeria during the World Cup on June 23, 2010. The two were among dozens of fans gathered at the Brazen Fox, in downtown White Plains, to watch the match. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

The class of 2010 shows a wide range of expressions as they wait for the commencement to begin after the National Anthem at the Rye Neck High School graduation, June 24, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Farm worker Wayne Simpson of Jamaica carries a basket of tomatoes to take in from the field at Stuart’s Farm in Yorktown Heights on Aug. 11, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Desmond Hinds Sr. and his wife Sharon, parents of Pace football player Desmond Hinds Jr., display emotion during the recounting by attorney Bonita Zelman of the events surrounding the death of Danroy Henry Jr. at a press conference at the Marriott in Tarrytown on Oct. 22, 2010. Hinds Jr. was sitting in the backseat of Henry’s car when the shooting occurred. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Plumber and artist Juan Feliciano is photographed with his “pipe people” in Ossining on Nov. 5, 2010. His copper creations are made of commonplace plumbing materials, such as valves, fixtures and fittings. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Boxer Natalie Gonzalez of New Rochelle is photographed at Main Street Boxing in New Rochelle on Dec. 31, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

back to work! here’s a few photos from a fun, busy week

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on April 15, 2010 at 12:48 pm

Apr 152010

just a quick post before work here. my regular schedule has me working Thurs. through Mon., so I just wanted to post a few photos before going in today. kind of like cleaning house (maybe i should do more of that, too?!).

enjoy.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Juanito Garcia, 7, tries to catch water in his mouth — which posted signs say should not be consumed — from a water spurt at the fountain at Berg Park on Sunday. His family was in town from Del Norte, Colo., for a wrestling tournament at Aztec High School.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Seven-year-old Kaylin Bryant, far left, waits in line with her dance squad, the Danz Force Twinkles, to perform at the Four Corners Dance Exhibition at Farmington High School on Monday. The event, also known as the Kelly Greens exhibition, is a fundraiser for the FHS Kelly Greens.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bart Robinson, of Cottonwood, Ariz., talks with his son, 17-year-old Samuel, between events on Saturday at the 7th Annual Ty Waybourn Memorial Rodeo at McGee Park’s Memorial Coliseum.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Danielle Montoya, left of center, is comforted by her sister, Gabrielle Montoya, after finishing strong in her relay to take first for the Cuba High School girls’ medley team during Saturday’s track meet at Fred Cook Memorial Stadium in Aztec.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jamira Lewis, 7, shrieks after being pulled by her friend, 10-year-old Jermiah (CQ) Manning, into the cold water from the fountain at Berg Park on Sunday.

a quick update since January. icy, icy January.

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on February 11, 2010 at 2:51 am

Feb 112010

i’m loving the weather — finally heating up, or at least not being freezing@$$cold. now if i can just get my landlord to fix the water-heater!

photo-wise, it’s been pretty productive. i’m hoping to start on an upcoming project that would take me out of Farmington a bit more (that can’t hurt). so, if anyone is in the Shiprock area and wants to say hi, holler. for now, please enjoy the photos.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryan Begaye feeds his 8-month-old son, Kyree, who cries for his bottle, while attending the eighth annual young parent conference with Kyree’s mother, Monyca Nelson, on Wednesday at San Juan College.

I liked the kicker on the next photo, it worked with the photo well, i thought. good job copy/designers. it read :

“Altrusitic Warfare”

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Sacred Heart Catholic School students and a teacher frantically stuff pennies in a glass jar Friday as a part of the “Penny Wars” fundraiser. Proceeds from the school-wide event, which were tallied at over $1,000 by the afternoon, will go toward helping Cornelio Ramirez with the expenses related to a kidney transplant.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland residents Josh Snyder, 24, and Ginny Gustin, 27, plow through a muddy puddle in a Polaris RZR all-terrain vehicle at the Dunes Vehicle Recreation Area on Sunday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryant Padilla, 16, holds his adoptive sister, 3-year-old Kylie, while she attempts to tickle him outside Judge Sandra Price’s courtroom Monday after the adoption.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Amanda Padilla hugs her newly-adopted daughter, 3-year-old Kylie, closely while spectators and family members celebrate in the moments following the adoption Monday in District Court Judge Sandra Price’s courtroom. Kylie and her sister, 18-month-old Emily, both Navajo, were adopted into the Padilla’s nine-child family.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Harold Lampton, 89 years old, looks at a 1900 U.S. Census book Friday detailing New Mexico’s population at the turn of the last century. The book once belonged to his father, who referred to it before moving to New Mexico.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Harold Lampton, who was born in 1920 in the hospital which would later be named San Juan Regional Medical Center, is seen in a reflection looking at a family photograph hanging in a hallway in his Farmington home Friday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; A paramedic, far left, attempts to move an injured man from his vehicle, which hit a power pole, onto a stretcher while a Farmington firefighter keeps an eye on the power lines above the scene of a two-car accident Sunday that caused power outages downtown. The wreck at the intersection of Lake Street and Broadway occurred when the man drove through a red light and was hit by a man driving with his children, who were not seriously injured, according to Farmington Police Cpl. Donnie Kee. The man driving alone, not identified by police at the time of the accident, was conscious when he was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center with injury to his head.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Craig Lozier holds tight to his 3-year-old grandson, Landon Lozier, while Landon's father, Luke, gives them a shove down a hill Thursday at Civitan Park in Farmington, N.M.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Piedra Vista High School guard Cheree Charley hugs teammate Ali Rhodes on Saturday while holding the third place trophy after the Panthers beat Aztec High School in overtime during the Lady Tiger Invitational at AHS.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Nathaniel Brown, an instructional assistant at Esperanza Elementary with the National Indian Youth Council Inc., gets work done Thursday on his laptop at the Farmington Public Library in Farmington, N.M. Area schools were canceled Thursday due to the weather.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High School student Shantell Pinto, 16, enjoys a chilling moment during her lunch break Tuesday under a wall of water, created by melted snow from the previous night's precipitation, draining from the roof of the high school's main building. The snow finally gained ground Thursday, after a week of smaller flurries.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Clear blue skies during much of the day can be seen past a wall of water, created by melted snow from the previous night's precipitation, draining from the roof of the main building at Bloomfield High School on Tuesday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Mariah Jaramillo, 9, and her Grace Baptist Academy classmate, Jerilyn Lange, 11, center, check out part of the robotics interactive exhibit Thursday at E3 Children’s Museum and Science Center, while education specialist Kelly Hile, assists them.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Guy Shephard, executive director at The Well, looks Monday at the damage done to the window he believes vandals broke and entered through overnight Sunday.

halloween hijinks at the aquatic center

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on October 31, 2009 at 4:04 pm

Oct 312009

this was a really fun shoot. it would have been nice to spend a little more time there, but i had to run off to football. as it was , i was pretty happy with what i got. the kids were having a lot of fun, and it was contagious.

enjoy

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Children attending the Farmington Aquatic CenterÕs Annual Frighty Night search for prizes in jack-oÕ-lanterns Friday in the pumpkin patch tent. The event is part of the City of Farmington Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs departmentÕs Safe, Affordable, Family Events, which started Oct. 24 and ends on Halloween with events downtown, at the Farmington Civic Center and at the Sycamore Park Community Center.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Children attending the Farmington Aquatic Center's Annual Frighty Night search for prizes in jack-o'-lanterns Friday in the pumpkin patch tent. The event is part of the City of Farmington Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs department's Safe, Affordable, Family Events, which started Oct. 24 and ends on Halloween with events downtown, at the Farmington Civic Center and at the Sycamore Park Community Center.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Aquatic Center lifeguard Mark Fischer, 23, who plays a "dead juggler" in the center's haunted house, shares a round of juggling with 6-year-old Isabela Rudolfo at Friday's Annual Frighty Night Halloween event. The event is part of the City of Farmington Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs department's Safe, Affordable, Family Events, which started Oct. 24 and ends on Halloween with events downtown, at the Farmington Civic Center and at the Sycamore Park Community Center.

i laughed immediately when i saw this on assignment, and really hoped it translated to a photo well-

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on October 30, 2009 at 2:09 am

Oct 302009

you be the judge!

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bernadette Smith, wearing half of the costume for Patrick Star of SpongeBob SquarePants fame, takes a break from mingling with adoring children to grab a quick bite in the kitchen at the Bloomfield Police Department during the annual Halloween carnival Friday.

i could spend all day in this corn pit

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on October 22, 2009 at 1:01 am

Oct 222009

it was like training-quicksand. but comfy.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Natalie Howard, with Pine River Community Learning Center in Colorado's La Plata County, shows token protest as she allows herself to be buried in the corn pit at Sutherland Farm by home-schooled students she supervised on a field trip Friday.

…and then there’s days like today, when i am bombarded with beautiful things

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on October 15, 2009 at 1:49 am

Oct 152009

(UPDATE to below: actually, i thought it’d be interesting to post this photo from yesterday (of a power plant) under the Shiprock photo. compare/contrast? full essays due Friday by noon ; )

i don’t photograph landscape much these days, which is kind of a shame, because that, snapshots of friends and oddities in high school, and the peacefulness of making prints in a darkroom are what really hooked me on photography at an early age.

i wouldn’t normally associate the Shiprock peak with foliage of any kind, but the San Juan River is right a little ways away (my dad the English teacher will kill me for that), and lends to some nice photos. i hope it prints well

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; A view Wednesday of the Shiprock peak, from a few miles outside Shiprock on U.S. 64, reflects the changing of seasons in the color of leaves on trees along the San Juan River.

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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Time; Ducks, cranes and other birds fly and swim in Morgan Lake in the foreground of the APS power plant Tuesday.

let’s time travel

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on October 6, 2009 at 3:22 am

Oct 062009

here’s some photos from August. just trying to post a few while i got a moment.
it’s been a long several weeks. we bought tickets to Florida for December (family visit), though, and can’t wait for the vaca.

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the second week in July

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on July 12, 2009 at 9:53 am

Jul 122009

it’s been a good, if not really busy, week here in Farmington. here’s a quick rundown before i run off to Albuquerque for my weekend:

a pretty sad event was an axe attack here in town, in what police suspect was gang-related violence. the gentleman in the photo, who looks emotionally distraught, came on scene with the information his brother was attacked with an axe — and he understandably suspected the worst. he is being taken into custody here after police reacted to his reaction (that’s ambiguous, i know, but this may be an ongoing thing). we also ran a story about children in what are essentially safe-houses through Navajo Ministries, and that was a lot of fun to do. the fourth and fifth photos were for a preview of the local farmers’ market. the photo of the guy bending over the irrigation ditch has had sudsy, polluted water this season, and his crops didn’t grow. we did a story on the situation.

thanks for looking

work from Aug.2…fire (aftermath) and feature

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on August 4, 2008 at 2:09 pm

Aug 042008

the Vista Ridge Apartments on South Mays in Round Rock had their second fire this week Friday. here are photos from when i went out Saturday morning.

i also photo’d a pack of wild dogs on someone’s property for a different assignment. it”s a long story, but the result of that day of chasing, sneaking and praying for the ability to be invisible is that i’m now ready for Nature Channel work

also, i’m posting a couple feature photos that ran inside the metro section.

8/02/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; The second fire of the week swept through the Vista Ridge Apartments on South Mays Street in Round Rock late Friday. Benny McRae walks past the back of the apartment complex Saturday. His son, Drew Ford, lived in the unit bordering the damaged apartment behind McRae. Ford was acquainted with the man whose apartment burned earlier that week, according to McRae.

8/02/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; The second fire of the week swept through the Vista Ridge Apartments on South Mays Street in Round Rock late Friday. Battalion Chief Shane Glaiser with the Round Rock fire department talks with Cassandra, who declined to give her last name, and who was with her two daughters and grandson, about the damage caused during the fire to her fiancé’s apartment.

8/02/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; The Angels played the Cubs at a little league game Saturday at the YMCA baseball field at East Old Bowman Road and North Mays Street in Round Rock. Liz Dominguez gets her granddaughter Aaliyah Barron, 2, to drink water during the game while Aaliyah’s father, Anthony, provides cover from the scorching sun.

8/02/08 – Xavier Mascareñas/AMERICAN-STATESMAN; The Angels played the Cubs at a little league game Saturday at the YMCA baseball field at East Old Bowman Road and North Mays Street in Round Rock. Leighsa Dominguez, 8, covers her first-base position well as she fields a grounder that takes a big hop to make the out.

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