Chet Gordon • Photographer
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | newspaper staff photographer |
| Location | Newburgh, NY, United States |
| Introduction | Chet Gordon is a staff photographer at the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, NY. A photojournalist for more than 20 years, he's worked as a staff photographer at three NYC / NJ area newspapers & as a photo editor at the NY Daily News. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, International Herald-Tribune, USA Today, Army Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Popular Photography and American Teacher magazines, among others. A former U.S. Marine, he served honorably in the mid-1980's, including 2 years on Okinawa, Japan. A longtime volunteer & travel enthusiast, he accompanies several humanitarian aid clients on their international disaster relief & medical missions. Since 1997, he's worked in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti, Jordan, Kosovo, Albania, Gaza, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Russian Federation, Venezuela, Paraguay & Afghanistan. |
| Interests | international travel, jazz, Bermuda, NGO work... |
| Favorite movies | Citizen Kane, Daughters of the Dust, Before the Rain, Once Were Warriors, The Sting, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Usual Suspects, Bullitt, The Thomas Crown Affair, Sand Pebbles |
| Favorite music | coltrane, miles, pat metheny, billie holiday, freddie hubbard, ella, weather report, joe henderson, phyliss hyman, esperanza spaulding, chick corea, herbie hancock, roy haynes, wayne shorter, azymuth, bebel gilberto, george duke, tania maria, alison balsom... |
| Favorite books | Isabel Wilkerson: The Warmth of Other Suns, Gordon Parks, reading a lot John Grisham lately... |