Archive: February, 2011
Tom Gralish, Inquirer Staff Photographer
When you recall something that changed the lives of millions of people, it seems silly to say: "Look at me, see how this really affected me. Here's a picture of me..."
But that's what I'm doing anyway. Covering the 1986 People Power Revolution and Corazon Aquino in the Philippines was indeed one of the most exhilarating assignments of my journalistic career. If nothing else this week, I wanted to share my memories with friends, colleagues and my family. So, yeah, look at me...on Feb. 23, 1986 outside the Filipino White House - Malacañang Palace - where crowds had gathered to protest President Ferdinand Marcos. Chicago Tribune photographer Bill Hogan took the photo.
Tom Gralish, Inquirer Staff Photographer
I shoot a lot of assignments at schools, and a lot of them are the same kinds of students doing the same kinds of things over and over again every year. So it was exciting to see something new at Triton Regional High School in Runnemede, NJ recently. And even more thrilling to find out a one-time newspaper photographer is responsible.
The HiFive Club is a month-old after-school activity aimed at winning students, including the formerly sedentary, over to a healthier lifestyle.
Tom Gralish, Inquirer Staff Photographer
For the past few years in mid-February I've covered Phillies fans lining up early at Citizens Bank Park to buy single-game tickets when they first become available. Not today. But, out looking for warm weather photos in Center City, I recognized the same "hoping-to-score-a-seat" look as I passed some young men on Walnut Street.
Tom Gralish, Inquirer Staff Photographer
Watching Egyptians celebrate the resignation of long-time ruler President Hosni Mubarak, I can't help indulging in a bit of nostalgia. It was twenty five years ago this month that Corazon "Cory" Aquino became president of the Philippines after millions of Filipinos took to the streets of Manila in support of reformist soldiers who had mutinied against longtime dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Tom Gralish, Inquirer Staff Photographer
Waiting for the Vice President and transportation secretary to arrive at 30th Street Station...
