http://www.lightstalkers.org/stacie_freudenberg After obtaining a B.A. degree from Columbia College Chicago in 2003, Stacie Freudenberg traveled around the U.S. interning, freelancing and even taking a staff position at small community papers. After returning to Chicago where she interned at the Kane County Chronicle and the Daily Herald, she began her full-time freelance career 2 years ago. Since then Freudenberg has been a frequent contributor to the Associated Press and The Chicago Tribune as well as many other local and national publications. In the past, her work has graced the pages of USA Today, MSNBC.com, The Washington Post and The Detroit Free Press, to name a few. Her ongoing long-term project, "Life in the Big Top", brings to light a subculture of entertainers who work long, hard hours to carry on a family tradition rarely seen, or understood, by today's generation. Future projects include a trip to Thailand to document the plight of Burmese refugees in hopes of creating awareness for the unfolding crisis inflicted upon minorities from Myanmar (formerly Burma). en-us <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110464/nina003a_small.jpg' /><br />Jameson Marquardt, lower right, keeps a look out for on coming traffic along the Mississippi River Wednesday, August 30, 2006. (Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110464'>Jameson Marquardt, lower right, keeps a look out for on coming traffic along the Mississippi River Wednesday, August 30, 2006. (Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)</a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110464 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110467/nina004a_small.jpg' /><br />Jeff "Doc" Kaiser uses the ship's sole mirror, which hangs amid cookware <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110467'>Jeff "Doc" Kaiser uses the ship's sole mirror, which hangs amid cookware </a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110467 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110470/nina009a_small.jpg' /><br />Jameson Marquardt leaves soapy footprints along the deck Thursday, August 31, 2006 as he swabs in preparation for the Nina's grand entrance into Paducah, KY. (Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110470'>Jameson Marquardt leaves soapy footprints along the deck Thursday, August 31, 2006 as he swabs in preparation for the Nina's grand entrance into Paducah, KY. (Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)</a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110470 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110473/nina010aa_small.jpg' /><br />Music fills the air as Jameson Marqu<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110473'>Music fills the air as Jameson Marqu</a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110473 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110476/nina022_small.jpg' /><br />(<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110476'>(</a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110476 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110482/nina001a_small.jpg' /><br />Seen through a porthole shaped mirror, "Miss" Elli Kaiser sits on her bunk and sews one of the ship's badly tattered flags Wednesday, September 31, 2006. (Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110482'>Seen through a porthole shaped mirror, "Miss" Elli Kaiser sits on her bunk and sews one of the ship's badly tattered flags Wednesday, September 31, 2006. (Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)</a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110482 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110485/nina020_small.jpg' /><br />Ripples, created by the vibration of the Nina's 128 horse power engine, swi<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110485'>Ripples, created by the vibration of the Nina's 128 horse power engine, swi</a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110485 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110488/nina021_small.jpg' /><br />The Nina's First Mate aboard the ship, Jeff "Doc" Kaiser, uses binoculars to look for barges from the ship's starboard side alon<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110488'>The Nina's First Mate aboard the ship, Jeff "Doc" Kaiser, uses binoculars to look for barges from the ship's starboard side alon</a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110488 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110491/nina006a_small.jpg' /><br />(from left) First mate, Jeff "Doc" Kaiser, debates the Nina's business matters with his mother, "Miss" Elli Kaiser in the ship's galley Wednesday, August 30, 2006. (Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110491'>(from left) First mate, Jeff "Doc" Kaiser, debates the Nina's business matters with his mother, "Miss" Elli Kaiser in the ship's galley Wednesday, August 30, 2006. (Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)</a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110491 <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/110494/nina002a_small.jpg' /><br />(from left) "Miss" Elli Kaiser takes a break after cooking dinner for the crew as Jameson Marquardt eats in the Nina's galley below deck Wednesday, August 30, 2006.(Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110494'>(from left) "Miss" Elli Kaiser takes a break after cooking dinner for the crew as Jameson Marquardt eats in the Nina's galley below deck Wednesday, August 30, 2006.(Copyright 2006 Stacie Freudenberg)</a> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:57:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/110494