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Hot times. Because it’s summer. In… um, the City.

Benjamin Chertoff — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:45:45 +0000

It’s hot. Chances are, so are you.

Nice Guy Johnny Premier: TriBeCa Film Festival

Benjamin Chertoff — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:35:59 +0000

Celebrities Ed Burns, Christy Turlington, Selma Blair, The Edge and Robert DeNiro walk the red carpet for the premier of Burns’s new film Nice Guy Johnny. 2010 TriBeCa Film Festival.

A little NYC History…

Benjamin Chertoff — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:07:15 +0000

So while looking at a new apartment; need more natural light!!. Saw one today, and on the hallway wall, this left-over from a very Earth-unconcious era. In the old days apartments just burned their trash, plane and simple. You’d throw your garbage down the shoot and into a whirlwind of flame. Now, only the brick reminds us that the incinerator, while the sign below mentions things you’d best avoid, er, incinerating.

Playing in Traffic

Benjamin Chertoff — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:48:03 +0000

Greek Orthodox Good Friday Service, Upper East Side: IMAGES

Benjamin Chertoff — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:55:52 +0000

[ps-gal-flash height=630 width=950]http://www.photoshelter.com/gallery/Good-Friday-Orthodox-Cathedral/G0000s_362Hy8M1o[/ps-gal-flash]

The United Nations fave’d my Photo. Sweet.

Benjamin Chertoff — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:46:36 +0000

Desperation, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff.

It’s not everyday when the the United Nations singles you out. For better or for worse, I’ll use E.B. White’s description of the organization, as “this lofty target scraping the skies and meeting the destroying planes halfway, home of all people and all nations, capital of everything, housing the deliberations by which the planes are to be stayed and their errand forestalled.” So I’m a little ecstatic (probably a little too much) that the United Nations photo account on Flickr chose this image as a favorite. Indeed, this was a rough day for dropping rations. At the previous drop-site we were all but overwhelmed. Few of my photos summarize the desperation in Haiti as concisely as this photo, and the sequence preceding and following it. Thank you U.N., as a neighbor, and a fellow citizen of the world.

The Things They Carried: A Photo Essay

Benjamin Chertoff — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:00:48 +0000

www.popularmechanics.com: Early in the morning of January 13th, news cameras began to roll, capturing the magnitude of the January 12th earthquake in Haiti. Little did the public know, nearly half a day earlier, senior military leadership was already huddled in an upstairs meeting room at US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), on the phone with the US Embassy in Haiti just an hour after the quake hit. Decisions were made as the quickly as the information could flow in, and within days of the disaster, the U.S. Military would have well over 10,000 people in the Haiti theater. As the mission expanded into Operation Unified Response, the US Navy, Marines, Air Force and Army became the backbone for almost all relief efforts into or out of Haiti, delivering more than 2.6 million bottles of water, 2.2 million food rations, 17 million pounds of food and 150,000 pounds of medical supplies. Behind those statistics: The largest logistical hat-trick in N. American History. These are the quiet heros, from airfields in Kansas to Marine Forward Operating Bases on the southern Haitian “claw.” These are the men and women who left home on no-notice deployment, some with fewer than eight hours to pack.

These are the combat air controllers who, in the first two weeks after the quake, landed and departed 4000 flights with nothing more than lawn chairs, binoculars and handheld radios. This is the sailor who said, aboard the USS Bataan, “Believe what you want to believe. We’re not here for the glory. We’re here to get our job done.”

For Haiti, that job is far from over. 13,000 US servicemen and women are still hard at work in Haiti and among the 19 ships offshore. The future for Haiti is still uncertain, and the country is just now clearing away the rest of the rubble. These are stories of how Haiti survived. —Benjamin Chertoff

Photographs and text by Benjamin Chertoff
www.benjaminchertoff.com

Photo Editing by Monika Robinson
www.merdesignstudio.com

(Some images and text used with explicit written permission by PopularMechanics.com)

Child Labor

Benjamin Chertoff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:32:20 +0000

Petion-Ville, HAITI — A child at a 5000-person refugee camp west of Port-au-Prince carries a cinderblock on his head. Shot while on a mission with a group from the 82nd Airborne Div. This camp had previously not been found by relief organizations. With tin roofs, salvaged sections of concrete walls serving as building materials, intelligence officers with the 82nd wonder if this camp pre-dated the earthquake of Jan. 12th, 2010.
Copyright 2010, Benjamin Chertoff

Children at the Gate

Benjamin Chertoff — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:06 +0000

Children at the Gate, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff.

Moving on… Something non-Penn related. Delmas, HAITI — Deep within the winding, steep, unpaved blocks of Delmas, an intel recon team from the 82nd Airborne finds a small refugee camp. The mission: find large, uncharted camps and assess medical needs; this camp, so remotely hidden and without any serious medical needs, is marked on the grid as the team of Rangers, medics and an Army doctor moves on to inspect what the local block leaders say is a large camp.

Woman in Tent City, Haiti, January 2010

Benjamin Chertoff — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:25:16 +0000

Woman in Tent City, Haiti, January 2010, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff.

HAITI, JANUARY 2010: A girl hides her face behind the tin wall of just one dwelling In a 5000-person camp we found in Petion-Ville that, at the time, had not yet been discovered. I took this while standing on the pick-up bed of a humvee, while an intel recon team of Rangers and doctors from the 1st-73rd Airborne Cav., 2nd BCT, 82nd Airborne assessed vital medical, food and humanitarian needs at the massive tent city. Editing by Monika Robinson, MeR Design. (Thank you Monika!!)

Kids With Guns

Benjamin Chertoff — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:22:57 +0000

Kids With Guns, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff.

Deep within the winding, steep, unpaved blocks of Delmas, an intel recon team from the 82nd Airborne finds a small refugee camp. Their mission is to find large, uncharted camps and assess medical needs. This camp, small, remotely hidden and without any serious medical needs, is marked on the grid as the team of Rangers, medics and an Army doctor moves on to inspect what the local block leaders say is a large camp. Read the full PopularMechanics.com story here: www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4346988….

Ten Seconds to Chaos: 9:24:50 AM

Benjamin Chertoff — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:21:25 +0000

Ten Seconds to Chaos: 9:24:50 AM, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff.

Part of my Popular Mechanics photo essay: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4346988.html

PUBLISHED: Ospreys Get their Humanitarian test in Haiti

Benjamin Chertoff — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:52:00 +0000

My third story for Popular Mechanics — this one on the much maligned, but very, very cool, MV-22 Osprey at work in Haiti, is up at PopularMechanics.com.

USS Bataan, HAITI — An MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft launches from the flight deck of the Bataan during Operation Unified Response. The relief effort in Haiti is the first time the new platform has been used in a humanitarian effort.

PUBLISHED: Flagship in a Box

Benjamin Chertoff — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:28:39 +0000

My next piece for Popular Mechanics is up! Read on to learn how the military is developing command and control units to replace to all-important flagship of yore. Lashed to the USS Bataan’s crowded hangar deck, a group of four sea containers provides complete command and control access for a commanding Naval officer. It also gives us press types a wicked fast pipe to the internets.

Ryan Keely in Latex

Benjamin Chertoff — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:58:35 +0000

Ryan Keely, October 2009 Penthouse Pet of the Month, models custom-fit latex haut-couture. Photographed December 9, 2009 at the Jacqueline Marie Couture studio in New York City.

Many thanks to Lainie Speiser for letting me tag along for a wild day of fittings, radio shows and lots of frantic cab rides. Click through the image for more of Ryan Keely and Victoria Zdrok.

Hang Me on your Wall!

Benjamin Chertoff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:55:29 +0000

You can now purchase large-format, framed prints, greeting cards and more through my new online store. Of course, it's the best of my work for sale, and I'll be adding prints daily. And it's CHEAP! All proceeds go to the Feed Ben Chertoff Fund. For custom printed, framed, signed prints, please contact me directly.

The King is Dead

Benjamin Chertoff — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:14:08 +0000

Custom, limited-run prints available directly from me in a variety of enlargement sizes. Contact me for pricing and availability.

Street Shots

Benjamin Chertoff — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:10:28 +0000

Custom, limited-run prints are available directly from me in a variety of enlargement sizes. Contact me for pricing and availability.

Power Outage

Benjamin Chertoff — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:30:22 +0000

The great thing about the wee hours of the morning is that you have the whole city to yourself. 30" exposure alongside the FDR.