Just wow. No planning just drove into the parking lot at the perfect moment. Heublein Tower, Talcott Mountain and the Moon. @talcottcollective @simsburychamberofcommerce @nicolenalepatv
2 weeks ago
Today - 30th Anniversary - The Great China Skywalk by Jay Cochrane. What is a skywalk? The greatest highwire walk ever performed. Jay Cochrane sauntered 2,098- feet across the heavens in Qutang Gorge China on October 28, 1995. It was one of my greatest photography projects. Read all my stories on southbrooklyn.com @bellonock @three_gorges @niagarafalls.ca.blox @coryneudorf @johnnockproductions @niagarafallstourismcanada @tenderwishes.nf @hannefordcircus @toronto_theex
2 weeks ago
Red-Green-Orange-Yellow The colors of Autumn and late-afternoon sun highlight Pumpkins in the field at Ryan Family Farm in Southwick, Massachusetts @masslive #fallcolours #autumn
3 weeks ago
Jay Cochrane stepped into history, taking a specatcular walk in the sky, 1,498 feet above the Yangtze River, 2,098 feet across Qutang Gorge, China. Cochrane was the ultimate acrobat, a zǒu shéng yǎnyuán, which translates to “tightrope walking performer.” October 28th marks the 30th anniversary of The Great China Skywalk, the greatest high-wire walk in Chinese history. Jay Cochrane spent many weeks in Fengjie, China, setting up the wire and falling in love with the people. I joined him and documented as much as I could. The Three Gorges dam created a 400 mile lake that inundated Qutang Gorge and Fengjie. The full story is on southbrooklyn.com
3 weeks ago
“The only time I have any peace is on the wire.” - Jay Cochrane #greatchinaskywalk My FIRST TIME ever seeing Jay Cochrane walk on a wire was the day before The Great China Skywalk. This guy was walking something narrower than a balance beam, a 3/4 inch wire, for a half mile, over a river, in a canyon. Link to southbrooklyn.com story in bio
3 weeks ago
So I decided to take the gig and travel to China for The Great China Skywalk by Jay Cochrane,a high-wire walk in the middle of nowhere, with no idea of what any of the images might be. And it wasn’t an easy journey. Just getting the visa was difficult. I wasn’t traveling as a journalist, I was traveling as a member of Team Cochrane. I still have the jacket to prove it.
For two days in 1995, I was able to wander around the bustling city of Beijing. But boy was the air terrible. There were more bicycles than I had ever seen before. Sometimes it felt like a wall of riders beside the cab I rode in. Cutting through the bike lane was nearly impossible.
My first destination was Tiananmen Square and entering the square was daunting. This was where Tank Man (1989) - the Unknown Protester by Jeff Widener, one of the greatest photos ever, was taken during the student democracy takeover on June 5, 1989.
Jeff Widener’s story was on my mind as I went to Tiananmen Square and contemplated my own journey photographing the Great China Skywalk. Luckily, I was not seeing the Tiananmen Square scenario in my coverage of Jay Cochrane in China. The people in charge never saw me as a threat. The fact that they allowed me to carry a Mac laptop, Nikon scanner, and phone paraphernalia into Fengjie showed either ignorance of the technology or wanting of a positive spin. Take your choice. Whatever choice it was, my next stop was Qutang Gorge. (Tribute to Mike Wilson with train attendant, Rik Paulsen in our sleeper car, and me in the train dining car)
READ “Mysterious China: Beijing 1995” on southbrooklyn.com #highwire #photoftheday #history #photojournalism #digitalhistory
1 month ago
@ethelwalker Alumni-student field hockey game. What a great tradition and fun! Coach Mimi in purple hair is priceless. @lphillips_13 @walkersfieldhockey @walkersathletics
1 month ago
The Great China Skywalk 30th Anniversary of Jay Cochrane’s high-wire stroll over the Yangtze River in Qutang Gorge, China. My press credential and collectibles I brought back from Fengjie on October 28, 1995. Read the full story on southbrookly.com
1 month ago
When I arrived in Qutang Gorge and followed Jay Cochrane in the final setup for The Great China Skywalk, I realized what would be lost under the lake created by the Three Gorges Dam. Jay created an engineering marvel, an upside down suspension bridge, built almost entirely by hand. Read my full story on southbrooklyn.com @bellonock @thehighwirenews @highwireworkersunion @highwiretucson @highwireentertainment @circuslegends @circus.stories #threegorgesmuseum #qutanggorge #yangtzeriver
1 month ago
Jay Cochrane was definitely one of a kind. I did not meet him until I was hired, prepared for the photography shoot, and took a six day trip from New York City to Fengjie, China. It was a journey of 7,600 miles and it may as well have been to another world. I was unprepared for the total difference in every aspect of what I had envisioned. I had no idea how this man could walk on that tiny little wire across Qutang Gorge with nothing but the Yangtze River 1,300 feet below. Jay Cochrane showed me what it was like to be an icon. In China, he was a rock star. The ultimate acrobat, a zǒu shéng yǎnyuán, which translates to “tightrope walking performer”. October 28th marks the 30th anniversary of The Great China Skywalk. The full story is on southbrooklyn.com #greatchinaskywalk #jaycochrane #princeoftheair @bellonock @nikwallenda #circuseverydamnday
1 month ago
Just a few of my favorite “almost portraits” of just a few of the remarkable performers at @blackmountainblues in @visit_blackmountain on the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene. @ericgalesband @robertrandolph @kellibakermusic @lazybirdslive
2 months ago
Eric Gales debuts his new acoustic album at the Black Mountain Blues Festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina, on the anniversary weekend of Hurricane Helene. @ericgalesband @blackmountainblues
2 months ago
Eric Gales debuts his new acoustic album at the Black Mountain Blues Festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina, on the anniversary weekend of Hurricane Helene. @blackmountainblues @ericgalesband
2 months ago