Author Archives: suztennant

Before the Gun

Anyone who participates or used to participate in competitive sports can remember the tension before the start.  I photographed the Washington State Girl’s Swimming and Diving Championships a couple of weeks ago and in between events I became much more interested in the anxiety, excitement, and adrenaline of the competitors before they swam: the nervous […]

Keep your Eye on the Bull

“The scandal should start a national conversation—perhaps including congressional hearings—on how the pursuit of athletic glory has created sports subcultures on campuses in which no one is accountable to anyone….there is a common feature: a culture that turns athletes into gods and coaches into high priests. When eyes became so blind as to sweep child […]

Windows to History

“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?”   Henry David Thoreau WWII Veteran Marvin Kruse’s eyes: witnessed the beaches of Normandy when he landed there in 1944, discerned between comrade and enemy during street fights, kept a careful watch on mortars and artillery in 5 […]

All that Glitters

I heard one of my favorite Bruce Springteen songs on the radio yesterday and it still gives me chills – “The Ghost of Tom Joad”  with guest Tom Morello.  The video can be seen here and even though I’m not a big screeching guitar fan, the guitar solo at the end is insanely incredible.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-c6GphpAeY&ob=av3e […]