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As a young Washington Post staff photographer in 1969, I was assigned to photograph a Vietnam era medevac helo deployed ...
14/04/2025

As a young Washington Post staff photographer in 1969, I was assigned to photograph a Vietnam era medevac helo deployed by the Washington Hospital Center for Memorial Day accidents on Washington's Beltway. Merely showing the helicopter seemed boring. The public had seen numerous chopper photos. The essence: Doctors were awaiting with a gurney on the ground. Asked the pilot If I could fly up to shoot thru the cockpit. On landing, other photographers wanted to copy my idea. The pilot said, "Only for the Washington Post." The image ran 1/2 page above the fold in the Post City Section. From then on I was in love with helicopters.

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Seaboard Voyager, newest LNG dual fueled container vessel arrived at Red Hook Terminal. Photograph©2024 Jonathan Atkin.

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In light of the news that the SSUS Conservancy has entered into an agreement to have the SS United States towed eventual...
14/10/2024

In light of the news that the SSUS Conservancy has entered into an agreement to have the SS United States towed eventually to Destin, Florida to become the largest artificial reef to delight divers, I am posting this comment I wrote to Peter Knego and Heidi Sarna on Peter's FB page. My effort to create a different discussion, avoiding the tatterdemalion view of the ship, where I enlisted the prodigious and artistic insight of superstar Desmond Richardson. My mantra to him was that the SSUS was his dance partner. Not merely a backdrop. Here is my post sent.Thank you Peter and Heidi: What I had hoped people could see, not only in my recent "drone assisted" images but in my iconic photographs of super star dance artist Desmond Richardson, the magic of the SS United States, not her forlorn tatterdemalion state. Rather than treat the SSUS as a mere backdrop, as many photographers do, with 25 years as a dance photographer for the New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine; coupled with a continued career as a professional maritime photographer, I gave Desmond the responsibility to feel viscerally that the SSUS was his dance partner. Due to admiralty lawyer Francis X. Nolan III 's (former Vedder Price) one line introduction to Susan Gibbs in 2013: "Pay attention to Jonathan." Susan provided unfettered access to initially photograph, Dalvin Brown, now the Wall Street Journal's "Personal Tech Reporter" which provided Desmond a "navigational visual chart" of what he could expect when he graciously flew back from Austria to unselfishly devote himself to an unprecedented collaboration to perform a photographic duet with the ship. I am thankful to Susan for her first walk through where she asked if I had "swallowed the kool aid," understanding the magic of the SSUS. Indeed. The photographs so far have been exhibited in 3 venues including aboard the SS Lilac and at the home of artist Mira Jedwabnik Van Doren, creator of the enameled tables aboard the SSUS. Additionally, I approached discreetly, potential funders external to the usual pool that maritime fund raisers swim in; to assist the SSUS. I cannot measure what if anything was generated. One major maritime publication featured the project. (thank you Cruise Industry News.) Many have written personally how moving the photographs were to them. I am grateful again to Susan and many others who assisted in this photographic planning and logistics effort of more than 3 months culminating in the elegant choreography that Desmond Richardson brought to the SSUS. Thank you Susan, Francis Nolan, Desmond Richardson, Dalvin Brown, Warren P. Miller, Ben Wolf, Carolyn Salguero (Portside NewYork), SS Lilac and many others who contributed support, advice and direction.

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