Photo of the Month: July 2002
Every month we choose for recognition three photos from among those contributed to the report by member newspapers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. From these we select a Photo of the Month and two honorable mentions.
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Kevin Jacobus
The Telegraph of Nashua, N.H.
Honorable Mentions
Elaine Skylar
Concord (N.H.) Monitor
A mother loon feeds her newborn baby near their nest on Mink Island in Squam Lake on July 9. The 28-day nesting cycle of loons is under way, and biologists from around the country are busy at the Loon Preservation Society studying the once rare birds.
Daryl Carlson
The Citizen, Laconia, N.H.
Gary Doust of Franklin, N.H., takes the long drop into the Smith River at Profile Falls in Bristol on July 22.
How I got the picture
Jacobus:
"I got the call from our city editor, Jeff Merritt, that a bank had been robbed by a man who
fled on a bicycle. I received updates as I headed towards the bank on Main Street from Jeff,
since Nashua police are on a digital system that can't be received on a standard scanner.
"When I was halfway there, Jeff called to say that the police thought they had the suspect in
front of the SNH Medical Center on Main Street. Thinking I was only likely to get a photo of
police securing the scene, I was pleasantly surprised to see the suspect still there, with
his hands on the hood of a police cruiser.
"I pulled off the road quickly, crossed the busy Main Street with traffic slowing to stare at the spectacle of a shirtless suspected bank robber pleading his case to police. At first, he tried to look away from the camera, but he was so riled up trying to talk his way out of trouble, he soon forgot about me.
"I had almost fifteen minutes to photograph the situation, since police didn't arrest him
until they had a positive ID from two witnesses that they drove by the scene in unmarked
cruisers. The uniformed police officer in the photo approached the reporter and I after a few minutes
and suggested we wait at the police station for them to give us a press release, apparently
hoping we'd be foolish enough to leave such a spectacle and take their account later. I
politely declined, of course!"
Concord (N.H.) Monitor
The Citizen, Laconia, N.H.
How I got the picture
Jacobus:
"I got the call from our city editor, Jeff Merritt, that a bank had been robbed by a man who
fled on a bicycle. I received updates as I headed towards the bank on Main Street from Jeff,
since Nashua police are on a digital system that can't be received on a standard scanner.
"When I was halfway there, Jeff called to say that the police thought they had the suspect in
front of the SNH Medical Center on Main Street. Thinking I was only likely to get a photo of
police securing the scene, I was pleasantly surprised to see the suspect still there, with
his hands on the hood of a police cruiser.
"I pulled off the road quickly, crossed the busy Main Street with traffic slowing to stare at the spectacle of a shirtless suspected bank robber pleading his case to police. At first, he tried to look away from the camera, but he was so riled up trying to talk his way out of trouble, he soon forgot about me.
"I had almost fifteen minutes to photograph the situation, since police didn't arrest him
until they had a positive ID from two witnesses that they drove by the scene in unmarked
cruisers. The uniformed police officer in the photo approached the reporter and I after a few minutes
and suggested we wait at the police station for them to give us a press release, apparently
hoping we'd be foolish enough to leave such a spectacle and take their account later. I
politely declined, of course!"