30th Pan-Mass Challenge 8/09

Wrentham, MA 080109 Long lines at the port-a-potties send riders into the woods at a water stop at the William A. Rice Recreation Complex in Wrentham during the 30th Pan Massachussetts Challenge on August 1, 2009. (Essdras M Suarez)/ Globe Staff



Wrentham, MA 080109 Dave Johnson (Cq) of Needham takes advantage of a water stop break at the William A. Rice Recreation Complex in Wrentham during the 30th Pan Massachussetts Challenge on August 1, 2009. (Essdras M Suarez)/ Globe Staff/ MET








Wellesley, MA 080109 Rides await at the start of the 30th Pan Massachussetts Challenge at Babson College. This was one of several starting areas on this August 1, 2009. (Essdras M Suarez)/ Globe Staff

ICA Mama etcetera: Site-Specific Performance

Boston, MA 072509 A site-specific performance and film presented by Gabri Christa and Germaul Barnes called Mama etctera (cq) a the ICA on July 25, 2009. The musical is an ode to family and motherhood according to its creators. (Essdras M Suarez/ Boston Globe Staff)/

Celtic Dancers Competition 7/23/09

Boston, MA 072309 Celtics Dancers' tryouts contestants get pumped before going on stage and then strut their stuff on the dance floor at the House of Blues in Boston on July 23, 2009 where 13 new Celtic Dancers were chosen for the next Celtics' season. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/ MET

Latest freelance job

http://www.thetrainingroomboston.com/

The Training Room is a new fitness club in Somerville, MA which just had its grand opening this past July 18, 2009. I also happen to teach visYoga here as well. Please go to site and ck it out. All photos for the site are yours truly.

Panama Workshop July 09

Portobelo, Panama 071109 I found this young man nicknamed "Chata," 17, sweeping rain water off his porch while I was teaching a workshop for the Panama Photoworskhops on Capturing Moments. He volunteered to show me a mask he and his cousin had made for the annual Carnaval celebration and I just couldn't say no when there were such amazing colors under a cloudy sky. Can you say full saturation...

Visual Serendipity

Bucarest, Romania 06/29-30/20009 A Russian Antonov cargo plane, one of the largest in the world, awaits on the tarmac of the Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest, Romania on June 30 of 2009 after being loaded. The plane was carrying six specialized shipping containers carrying radioactive material from the National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Energy in Magelore, Romania in route to Russia. (Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff)

please ck out the slideshow at boston.com

http://www.boston.com/news/world/gallery/reclaiming_nuclear/

Favorite never published

Baghdad, Iraq-- April 14, 2003 Sadr City residents said while meeting with reporter, "These very same weapons we now use to defend ourselves against the Fedayeen will be the ones we'd use against the Americans if they overstay their welcome."Photo by Essdras M Suarez/Globe staff