"The Work..." (by Chet Gordon) http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/31465 Chet Gordon • Photographer http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/43088/cg-transsib2005-05_small.jpg The Work... | Chet Gordon http://www.lightstalkers.org/Chet Gordon NAIROBI, KENYA. Kenyans pack a Nairobi bound railroad train on Tuesday, February 3, 2004. Thousands of Kenyans are effected by a limited numbered of matatus, buses and mini-buses on Kenya's roadways, as strict vehicle transportation safety laws went into effect yesterday. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270243/chetgordon-011_small.jpg' /><br />NAIROBI, KENYA. Kenyans pack a Nairobi bound railroad train on Tuesday, February 3, 2004. Thousands of Kenyans are effected by a limited numbered of matatus, buses and mini-buses on Kenya's roadways, as strict vehicle transportation safety laws went into effect yesterday. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270243'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270243 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:30:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270243 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270243/chetgordon-011_small.jpg' /><br />NAIROBI, KENYA. Kenyans pack a Nairobi bound railroad train on Tuesday, February 3, 2004. Thousands of Kenyans are effected by a limited numbered of matatus, buses and mini-buses on Kenya's roadways, as strict vehicle transportation safety laws went into effect yesterday. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270243'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI. A man pauses near the collapsed Roman Catholic Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Archbishop Serge Miot was killed when the 18th. century cathedral was destroyed in the massive 7.0 earthquake on January 12th., killing upwards of 200,000 people. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270315/chetgordon-090_small.jpg' /><br />PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI. A man pauses near the collapsed Roman Catholic Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Archbishop Serge Miot was killed when the 18th. century cathedral was destroyed in the massive 7.0 earthquake on January 12th., killing upwards of 200,000 people. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270315'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270315 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270315 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270315/chetgordon-090_small.jpg' /><br />PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI. A man pauses near the collapsed Roman Catholic Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Archbishop Serge Miot was killed when the 18th. century cathedral was destroyed in the massive 7.0 earthquake on January 12th., killing upwards of 200,000 people. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270315'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon An Afghan girl sits among women dressed in their traditional burkas as they all wait to see a doctor at the Charasyab health clinic on Sunday, May 26, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The clinic, approximately 20 kilometers outside of Kabul is undergoing improvements such as new paint and deliveries of medicines sponsored by Hammer Forum (HFO), the German NGO. © Chet Gordon. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270312/chetgordon-047_small.jpg' /><br />An Afghan girl sits among women dressed in their traditional burkas as they all wait to see a doctor at the Charasyab health clinic on Sunday, May 26, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The clinic, approximately 20 kilometers outside of Kabul is undergoing improvements such as new paint and deliveries of medicines sponsored by Hammer Forum (HFO), the German NGO. © Chet Gordon.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270312'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270312 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270312 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270312/chetgordon-047_small.jpg' /><br />An Afghan girl sits among women dressed in their traditional burkas as they all wait to see a doctor at the Charasyab health clinic on Sunday, May 26, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The clinic, approximately 20 kilometers outside of Kabul is undergoing improvements such as new paint and deliveries of medicines sponsored by Hammer Forum (HFO), the German NGO. © Chet Gordon.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270312'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA. An orthopedic patient tries on new orthopedic shoes and leg brace received from the charity Cheshire Services Ethiopia at the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thursday, December 1, 2005. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270252/chetgordon-014_small.jpg' /><br />ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA. An orthopedic patient tries on new orthopedic shoes and leg brace received from the charity Cheshire Services Ethiopia at the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thursday, December 1, 2005. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270252'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270252 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270252 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270252/chetgordon-014_small.jpg' /><br />ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA. An orthopedic patient tries on new orthopedic shoes and leg brace received from the charity Cheshire Services Ethiopia at the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thursday, December 1, 2005. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270252'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon A monk walks at sunrise on the street in Mae Sot, Thailand on Friday, November 16, 2007. Local residents offer monks food and gifts as they make their way to a local wat every morning. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270246/chetgordon-034_small.jpg' /><br />A monk walks at sunrise on the street in Mae Sot, Thailand on Friday, November 16, 2007. Local residents offer monks food and gifts as they make their way to a local wat every morning. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270246'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270246 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270246 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270246/chetgordon-034_small.jpg' /><br />A monk walks at sunrise on the street in Mae Sot, Thailand on Friday, November 16, 2007. Local residents offer monks food and gifts as they make their way to a local wat every morning. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270246'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon A blind Burmese boy plays in the courtyard of the Mae Sot Hospital during patient screening as part of Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles in Tak Province, northern Thailand on Wednesday, November 9, 2007. Operation Smile is the Norfolk, VA based medical organization that performs free cleft lip and palate facial corrective surgery to young adults worldwide. © Chet Gordon for Operation Smile <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270276/chetgordon-036_small.jpg' /><br />A blind Burmese boy plays in the courtyard of the Mae Sot Hospital during patient screening as part of Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles in Tak Province, northern Thailand on Wednesday, November 9, 2007. Operation Smile is the Norfolk, VA based medical organization that performs free cleft lip and palate facial corrective surgery to young adults worldwide. © Chet Gordon for Operation Smile<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270276'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270276 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270276 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270276/chetgordon-036_small.jpg' /><br />A blind Burmese boy plays in the courtyard of the Mae Sot Hospital during patient screening as part of Operation Smile's World Journey of Smiles in Tak Province, northern Thailand on Wednesday, November 9, 2007. Operation Smile is the Norfolk, VA based medical organization that performs free cleft lip and palate facial corrective surgery to young adults worldwide. © Chet Gordon for Operation Smile<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270276'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon KABUL, AFGHANISTAN. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270258/chetgordon-016_small.jpg' /><br />KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270258'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270258 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270258 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270258/chetgordon-016_small.jpg' /><br />KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270258'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon MOMBASA, KENYA. Azman Bakari (32) cools off with water from a fresh water well in the Old Town neighborhood of Mombasa, Kenya on Tuesday, May 23, 2006. The fresh water well built in 1570 AD, filters sea water from the Indian Ocean through rock coral and sunlight, providing Old town residents a place to do laundry and cool off. © Chet Gordon / ZUMA Press <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270285/chetgordon-040_small.jpg' /><br />MOMBASA, KENYA. Azman Bakari (32) cools off with water from a fresh water well in the Old Town neighborhood of Mombasa, Kenya on Tuesday, May 23, 2006. The fresh water well built in 1570 AD, filters sea water from the Indian Ocean through rock coral and sunlight, providing Old town residents a place to do laundry and cool off. © Chet Gordon / ZUMA Press<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270285'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270285 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270285 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270285/chetgordon-040_small.jpg' /><br />MOMBASA, KENYA. Azman Bakari (32) cools off with water from a fresh water well in the Old Town neighborhood of Mombasa, Kenya on Tuesday, May 23, 2006. The fresh water well built in 1570 AD, filters sea water from the Indian Ocean through rock coral and sunlight, providing Old town residents a place to do laundry and cool off. © Chet Gordon / ZUMA Press<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270285'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon New Kenyan Maasai elders (right) are fed the meat of a freshly slaughtered cow to celebrate their elevation to elder, during their participation in the three day festival of Maasai warriors in Kajiado, Kenya on Saturday, November 10, 2001. The traditional Maasai Manyatta, a coming of age festival that brings Kenyan men and women together to celebrate the younger Maasai warriors reaching the next age level to become junior elders. © Chet Gordon / www.chetgordon.com <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270261/chetgordon-019_small.jpg' /><br />New Kenyan Maasai elders (right) are fed the meat of a freshly slaughtered cow to celebrate their elevation to elder, during their participation in the three day festival of Maasai warriors in Kajiado, Kenya on Saturday, November 10, 2001. The traditional Maasai Manyatta, a coming of age festival that brings Kenyan men and women together to celebrate the younger Maasai warriors reaching the next age level to become junior elders. © Chet Gordon / www.chetgordon.com<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270261'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270261 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270261 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270261/chetgordon-019_small.jpg' /><br />New Kenyan Maasai elders (right) are fed the meat of a freshly slaughtered cow to celebrate their elevation to elder, during their participation in the three day festival of Maasai warriors in Kajiado, Kenya on Saturday, November 10, 2001. The traditional Maasai Manyatta, a coming of age festival that brings Kenyan men and women together to celebrate the younger Maasai warriors reaching the next age level to become junior elders. © Chet Gordon / www.chetgordon.com<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270261'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI. © CHET GORDON / THE IMAGE WORKS <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270249/chetgordon-012_small.jpg' /><br />PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI. © CHET GORDON / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270249'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270249 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270249 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270249/chetgordon-012_small.jpg' /><br />PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI. © CHET GORDON / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270249'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon PATERSON, NJ. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270255/chetgordon-015_small.jpg' /><br />PATERSON, NJ.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270255'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270255 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270255 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270255/chetgordon-015_small.jpg' /><br />PATERSON, NJ.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270255'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon A Command Brigade Cadet fainted while standing in formation on the Plain during the Thayer Award parade and presentation for Retired General Frederick J. Kroesen, Jr. at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY on Thursday, September 20, 2007. The Corps of Cadets conducted a formal parade ceremony on the Plain prior to the presentation. Gen. Kroesen served in numerous command positions during his 41 year career in the Army. The Thayer Award, established in honor of Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, the "Father of the Military Academy," is presented to an outstanding citizen whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify the Military Academy Motto: "Duty, Honor, Country." Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270279/chetgordon-037_small.jpg' /><br />A Command Brigade Cadet fainted while standing in formation on the Plain during the Thayer Award parade and presentation for Retired General Frederick J. Kroesen, Jr. at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY on Thursday, September 20, 2007. The Corps of Cadets conducted a formal parade ceremony on the Plain prior to the presentation. Gen. Kroesen served in numerous command positions during his 41 year career in the Army. The Thayer Award, established in honor of Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, the "Father of the Military Academy," is presented to an outstanding citizen whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify the Military Academy Motto: "Duty, Honor, Country." Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270279'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270279 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270279 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270279/chetgordon-037_small.jpg' /><br />A Command Brigade Cadet fainted while standing in formation on the Plain during the Thayer Award parade and presentation for Retired General Frederick J. Kroesen, Jr. at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY on Thursday, September 20, 2007. The Corps of Cadets conducted a formal parade ceremony on the Plain prior to the presentation. Gen. Kroesen served in numerous command positions during his 41 year career in the Army. The Thayer Award, established in honor of Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, the "Father of the Military Academy," is presented to an outstanding citizen whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify the Military Academy Motto: "Duty, Honor, Country." Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270279'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon NEWBURGH, NY. Youngsters kept cool in the spray of a sprinkler at Audrey Carey Park in the City of Newburgh, NY on Friday, July 9, 2010. The Northeast U.S. has endured a heatwave during the past week, with temperatures ocassionally reaching past 100ºF. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270264/chetgordon-023_small.jpg' /><br />NEWBURGH, NY. Youngsters kept cool in the spray of a sprinkler at Audrey Carey Park in the City of Newburgh, NY on Friday, July 9, 2010. The Northeast U.S. has endured a heatwave during the past week, with temperatures ocassionally reaching past 100ºF. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270264'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270264 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270264 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270264/chetgordon-023_small.jpg' /><br />NEWBURGH, NY. Youngsters kept cool in the spray of a sprinkler at Audrey Carey Park in the City of Newburgh, NY on Friday, July 9, 2010. The Northeast U.S. has endured a heatwave during the past week, with temperatures ocassionally reaching past 100ºF. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270264'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon President Barack Obama pauses onstage as he watches cadets approach the dais in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy for their 2010 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony in West Point, NY on Saturday, May 22, 2010. President Obama delivered the commencement address as 1,002 cadets received their diplomas and were commissioned as 2nd. Lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270267/chetgordon-027_small.jpg' /><br />President Barack Obama pauses onstage as he watches cadets approach the dais in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy for their 2010 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony in West Point, NY on Saturday, May 22, 2010. President Obama delivered the commencement address as 1,002 cadets received their diplomas and were commissioned as 2nd. Lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270267'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270267 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270267 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270267/chetgordon-027_small.jpg' /><br />President Barack Obama pauses onstage as he watches cadets approach the dais in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy for their 2010 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony in West Point, NY on Saturday, May 22, 2010. President Obama delivered the commencement address as 1,002 cadets received their diplomas and were commissioned as 2nd. Lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270267'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Marine Sgt. Eddie Ryan in his Ellenville, NY home on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Sgt. Ryan was severely wounded in Iraq when he was shot in the head twice in April of 2005. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270273/chetgordon-031_small.jpg' /><br />Marine Sgt. Eddie Ryan in his Ellenville, NY home on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Sgt. Ryan was severely wounded in Iraq when he was shot in the head twice in April of 2005. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270273'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270273 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270273 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270273/chetgordon-031_small.jpg' /><br />Marine Sgt. Eddie Ryan in his Ellenville, NY home on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Sgt. Ryan was severely wounded in Iraq when he was shot in the head twice in April of 2005. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270273'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Pallbearers guide the casket bearing the body of Tyrik Omar Legette from the House of Joy Church after his funeral in the City of Newburgh, NY on Friday, May 8, 2009. Legette is the 34 year old man who was stabbed to death on Lander street by a group of youths on April 30th. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270270/chetgordon-030_small.jpg' /><br />Pallbearers guide the casket bearing the body of Tyrik Omar Legette from the House of Joy Church after his funeral in the City of Newburgh, NY on Friday, May 8, 2009. Legette is the 34 year old man who was stabbed to death on Lander street by a group of youths on April 30th. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270270'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270270 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270270 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270270/chetgordon-030_small.jpg' /><br />Pallbearers guide the casket bearing the body of Tyrik Omar Legette from the House of Joy Church after his funeral in the City of Newburgh, NY on Friday, May 8, 2009. Legette is the 34 year old man who was stabbed to death on Lander street by a group of youths on April 30th. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270270'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon EMPANGENI, SOUTH AFRICA. Sugarcane cutters walk through a field of freshly cut sugarcane after a "burn" of underbrush in a nearby field on Sunday evening, September 10, 2006 in Empangeni, South Africa. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270282/chetgordon-038_small.jpg' /><br />EMPANGENI, SOUTH AFRICA. Sugarcane cutters walk through a field of freshly cut sugarcane after a "burn" of underbrush in a nearby field on Sunday evening, September 10, 2006 in Empangeni, South Africa. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270282'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270282 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270282 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270282/chetgordon-038_small.jpg' /><br />EMPANGENI, SOUTH AFRICA. Sugarcane cutters walk through a field of freshly cut sugarcane after a "burn" of underbrush in a nearby field on Sunday evening, September 10, 2006 in Empangeni, South Africa. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270282'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon AMMAN, JORDAN. An Iraqi mother waits with her child to see a doctor with Operation Smile in Amman, Jordan on Saturday, April 22, 2006. An Operation Smile team of international medical volunteers is in Amman, Jordan, at Jameel Tatonji Hospital from April 20-29 providing free medical evaluations and reconstructive surgery to Iraqi children suffering with facial deformities. This marks the third mission during which Operation Smile medical volunteers have worked in Amman to treat children from Iraq. Operation Smile Jordan, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Jordanian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, has organized missions providing surgeries to more than 700 Jordanian and Iraqi children since 2000. Operation Smile of Norfolk, VA has provided free facial reconstructive surgery to children and young adults in 30 countries the last 24 years. © Chet Gordon / ZUMA Press <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270288/chetgordon-042_small.jpg' /><br />AMMAN, JORDAN. An Iraqi mother waits with her child to see a doctor with Operation Smile in Amman, Jordan on Saturday, April 22, 2006. An Operation Smile team of international medical volunteers is in Amman, Jordan, at Jameel Tatonji Hospital from April 20-29 providing free medical evaluations and reconstructive surgery to Iraqi children suffering with facial deformities. This marks the third mission during which Operation Smile medical volunteers have worked in Amman to treat children from Iraq. Operation Smile Jordan, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Jordanian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, has organized missions providing surgeries to more than 700 Jordanian and Iraqi children since 2000. Operation Smile of Norfolk, VA has provided free facial reconstructive surgery to children and young adults in 30 countries the last 24 years. © Chet Gordon / ZUMA Press<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270288'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270288 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270288 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270288/chetgordon-042_small.jpg' /><br />AMMAN, JORDAN. An Iraqi mother waits with her child to see a doctor with Operation Smile in Amman, Jordan on Saturday, April 22, 2006. An Operation Smile team of international medical volunteers is in Amman, Jordan, at Jameel Tatonji Hospital from April 20-29 providing free medical evaluations and reconstructive surgery to Iraqi children suffering with facial deformities. This marks the third mission during which Operation Smile medical volunteers have worked in Amman to treat children from Iraq. Operation Smile Jordan, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Jordanian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, has organized missions providing surgeries to more than 700 Jordanian and Iraqi children since 2000. Operation Smile of Norfolk, VA has provided free facial reconstructive surgery to children and young adults in 30 countries the last 24 years. © Chet Gordon / ZUMA Press<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270288'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Newly commissioned 2nd. Lieutenants toss their covers skyward in the traditional "hat toss" during Army's Graduation and Commissioning ceremony in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY on Saturday, May 22, 2010. Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff delivered the commencement address as 1,031 cadets received their diplomas and were commissioned as 2nd. Lieutenants in the U.S. Army. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270291/chetgordon-021_small.jpg' /><br />Newly commissioned 2nd. Lieutenants toss their covers skyward in the traditional "hat toss" during Army's Graduation and Commissioning ceremony in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY on Saturday, May 22, 2010. Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff delivered the commencement address as 1,031 cadets received their diplomas and were commissioned as 2nd. Lieutenants in the U.S. Army. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270291'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270291 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270291 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270291/chetgordon-021_small.jpg' /><br />Newly commissioned 2nd. Lieutenants toss their covers skyward in the traditional "hat toss" during Army's Graduation and Commissioning ceremony in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY on Saturday, May 22, 2010. Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff delivered the commencement address as 1,031 cadets received their diplomas and were commissioned as 2nd. Lieutenants in the U.S. Army. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270291'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon MOSCOW. RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Pedestrian walks past a puddle in central Moscow on June 22, 2005. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270306/chetgordon-043_small.jpg' /><br />MOSCOW. RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Pedestrian walks past a puddle in central Moscow on June 22, 2005.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270306'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270306 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270306 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270306/chetgordon-043_small.jpg' /><br />MOSCOW. RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Pedestrian walks past a puddle in central Moscow on June 22, 2005.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270306'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon BOLEZENO, SIBERIA. RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Train engineer pauses in a railway wagon during a change of locomotives stop along the Trans-Siberian Railway at Bolezeno Station in Bolezeno, Siberia, Russian Federation on June 10, 2005. © www.chetgordon.com/blog <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270309/chetgordon-045_small.jpg' /><br />BOLEZENO, SIBERIA. RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Train engineer pauses in a railway wagon during a change of locomotives stop along the Trans-Siberian Railway at Bolezeno Station in Bolezeno, Siberia, Russian Federation on June 10, 2005. © www.chetgordon.com/blog<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270309'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270309 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270309 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270309/chetgordon-045_small.jpg' /><br />BOLEZENO, SIBERIA. RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Train engineer pauses in a railway wagon during a change of locomotives stop along the Trans-Siberian Railway at Bolezeno Station in Bolezeno, Siberia, Russian Federation on June 10, 2005. © www.chetgordon.com/blog<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270309'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Interior of the collapsed Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Archbishop Serge Miot was killed when the 18th. century cathedral was destroyed in the massive 7.0 earthquake on January 12th., killing upwards of 200,000 people. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270318/chetgordon-092_small.jpg' /><br />Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Interior of the collapsed Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Archbishop Serge Miot was killed when the 18th. century cathedral was destroyed in the massive 7.0 earthquake on January 12th., killing upwards of 200,000 people. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270318'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270318 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:59 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270318 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270318/chetgordon-092_small.jpg' /><br />Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Interior of the collapsed Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Archbishop Serge Miot was killed when the 18th. century cathedral was destroyed in the massive 7.0 earthquake on January 12th., killing upwards of 200,000 people. © Chet Gordon / THE IMAGE WORKS<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270318'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon A Haitian policeman on the grounds of the Love a Child Health Center in Fond Parisien, Haiti on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. The campus has been transformed from a small field clinic to a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) after the massive earthquake that struck the island two weeks ago. An Operation Smile orthopedic and plastic surgical team from Penn State University - Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA are in Haiti treating victims of the earthquake. © www.chetgordon.com/blog <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270321/chetgordon-093_small.jpg' /><br />A Haitian policeman on the grounds of the Love a Child Health Center in Fond Parisien, Haiti on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. The campus has been transformed from a small field clinic to a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) after the massive earthquake that struck the island two weeks ago. An Operation Smile orthopedic and plastic surgical team from Penn State University - Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA are in Haiti treating victims of the earthquake. © www.chetgordon.com/blog<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270321'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270321 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:09:25 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270321 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270321/chetgordon-093_small.jpg' /><br />A Haitian policeman on the grounds of the Love a Child Health Center in Fond Parisien, Haiti on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. The campus has been transformed from a small field clinic to a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) after the massive earthquake that struck the island two weeks ago. An Operation Smile orthopedic and plastic surgical team from Penn State University - Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA are in Haiti treating victims of the earthquake. © www.chetgordon.com/blog<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270321'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Monroe-Woodbury quarterback Dan Scalo is the Times Herald-Record's 2009 Varsity Football Player of the Year. He's seen photographed in his bedroom of their Chester, NY home on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270324/chetgordon-097_small.jpg' /><br />Monroe-Woodbury quarterback Dan Scalo is the Times Herald-Record's 2009 Varsity Football Player of the Year. He's seen photographed in his bedroom of their Chester, NY home on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270324'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270324 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:10:20 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270324 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270324/chetgordon-097_small.jpg' /><br />Monroe-Woodbury quarterback Dan Scalo is the Times Herald-Record's 2009 Varsity Football Player of the Year. He's seen photographed in his bedroom of their Chester, NY home on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270324'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Navy receiver Tyree Barnes, (#89) catches a pass over Army defensive back Antuan Aaron, (#27) during the first half of the 109th. ARMY - NAVY game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, December 6, 2008. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270327/chetgordon-048_small.jpg' /><br />Navy receiver Tyree Barnes, (#89) catches a pass over Army defensive back Antuan Aaron, (#27) during the first half of the 109th. ARMY - NAVY game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, December 6, 2008. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270327'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270327 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:10:50 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270327 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270327/chetgordon-048_small.jpg' /><br />Navy receiver Tyree Barnes, (#89) catches a pass over Army defensive back Antuan Aaron, (#27) during the first half of the 109th. ARMY - NAVY game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, December 6, 2008. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270327'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Newburgh's Damon Cousar (#5) scores on a reverse layup under the outstretched arm of Rice HS defender Kadeem Jack (#32) during the second half of their 2009 Federation Tournament Championship game at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, NY on Sunday, March 29, 2009. Rice defeated NFA 70 - 68 in overtime. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270330/chetgordon-003_small.jpg' /><br />Newburgh's Damon Cousar (#5) scores on a reverse layup under the outstretched arm of Rice HS defender Kadeem Jack (#32) during the second half of their 2009 Federation Tournament Championship game at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, NY on Sunday, March 29, 2009. Rice defeated NFA 70 - 68 in overtime. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270330'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270330 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:11:48 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270330 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270330/chetgordon-003_small.jpg' /><br />Newburgh's Damon Cousar (#5) scores on a reverse layup under the outstretched arm of Rice HS defender Kadeem Jack (#32) during the second half of their 2009 Federation Tournament Championship game at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, NY on Sunday, March 29, 2009. Rice defeated NFA 70 - 68 in overtime. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270330'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Sebastian Valdez, #41, left, and Cory Quimby, #44 right, of Minisink reach for rebound during their Section 9 Class AA Championship game against Newburgh Free Academy at SUNY Orange in Middletown, NY on Saturday, March 1, 2008. Minisink defeated Newburgh 60 - 57. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270336/chetgordon-005_small.jpg' /><br />Sebastian Valdez, #41, left, and Cory Quimby, #44 right, of Minisink reach for rebound during their Section 9 Class AA Championship game against Newburgh Free Academy at SUNY Orange in Middletown, NY on Saturday, March 1, 2008. Minisink defeated Newburgh 60 - 57. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270336'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270336 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:15:20 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270336 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270336/chetgordon-005_small.jpg' /><br />Sebastian Valdez, #41, left, and Cory Quimby, #44 right, of Minisink reach for rebound during their Section 9 Class AA Championship game against Newburgh Free Academy at SUNY Orange in Middletown, NY on Saturday, March 1, 2008. Minisink defeated Newburgh 60 - 57. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270336'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ. Anfernee Hardaway (#1, center) of the NY Knicks driving to the basket between Kenyon Martin (#6, left) and Rodney Rodgers (#, right) of the NJ Nets in the first half of their Game #1 playoff game at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on Saturday, April 17, 2004. The Nets defeated the Knicks 107-83. (Photograph by Chet Gordon for The New York Daily News) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270339/chetgordon-010_small.jpg' /><br />EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ. Anfernee Hardaway (#1, center) of the NY Knicks driving to the basket between Kenyon Martin (#6, left) and Rodney Rodgers (#, right) of the NJ Nets in the first half of their Game #1 playoff game at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on Saturday, April 17, 2004. The Nets defeated the Knicks 107-83. (Photograph by Chet Gordon for The New York Daily News)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270339'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270339 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:15:20 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270339 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270339/chetgordon-010_small.jpg' /><br />EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ. Anfernee Hardaway (#1, center) of the NY Knicks driving to the basket between Kenyon Martin (#6, left) and Rodney Rodgers (#, right) of the NJ Nets in the first half of their Game #1 playoff game at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on Saturday, April 17, 2004. The Nets defeated the Knicks 107-83. (Photograph by Chet Gordon for The New York Daily News)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270339'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Newburgh Free Academy players (L-R, in blue) Parish Canty (#15), Antonio Harper (#2) and Dominique Jacobs (#11) reach for a rebound with Mount Vernon defenders Givvion Jones (#22) and Jabarie Hinds (#55) during their Class AA Regional Semi-Finals game at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Mount Vernon defeated NFA 72 - 49. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270345/chetgordon-026_small.jpg' /><br />Newburgh Free Academy players (L-R, in blue) Parish Canty (#15), Antonio Harper (#2) and Dominique Jacobs (#11) reach for a rebound with Mount Vernon defenders Givvion Jones (#22) and Jabarie Hinds (#55) during their Class AA Regional Semi-Finals game at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Mount Vernon defeated NFA 72 - 49. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270345'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270345 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:15:25 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270345 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270345/chetgordon-026_small.jpg' /><br />Newburgh Free Academy players (L-R, in blue) Parish Canty (#15), Antonio Harper (#2) and Dominique Jacobs (#11) reach for a rebound with Mount Vernon defenders Givvion Jones (#22) and Jabarie Hinds (#55) during their Class AA Regional Semi-Finals game at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Mount Vernon defeated NFA 72 - 49. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270345'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Livingston Manor shortstop Ken Fisk (#14) dives but can't make the play on a ball hit by Tim Steffens (#9) of Smithtown Christian during the fourth inning of their New York State Class D regional final at Pine Bush High School in Pine Bush, NY on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Livingston Manor defeated Smithtown Christian 5 -3. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270342/chetgordon-020_small.jpg' /><br />Livingston Manor shortstop Ken Fisk (#14) dives but can't make the play on a ball hit by Tim Steffens (#9) of Smithtown Christian during the fourth inning of their New York State Class D regional final at Pine Bush High School in Pine Bush, NY on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Livingston Manor defeated Smithtown Christian 5 -3. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270342'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270342 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:15:25 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270342 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270342/chetgordon-020_small.jpg' /><br />Livingston Manor shortstop Ken Fisk (#14) dives but can't make the play on a ball hit by Tim Steffens (#9) of Smithtown Christian during the fourth inning of their New York State Class D regional final at Pine Bush High School in Pine Bush, NY on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Livingston Manor defeated Smithtown Christian 5 -3. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270342'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Jacqueline Combs waits to perform her routine on the uneven bars during the 2009 USAG Level 9 State Championship Meet for 15 - 16 year olds at Sports Fitness and Fun in Florida, NY on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270333/chetgordon-004_small.jpg' /><br />Jacqueline Combs waits to perform her routine on the uneven bars during the 2009 USAG Level 9 State Championship Meet for 15 - 16 year olds at Sports Fitness and Fun in Florida, NY on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270333'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270333 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:15:25 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270333 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270333/chetgordon-004_small.jpg' /><br />Jacqueline Combs waits to perform her routine on the uneven bars during the 2009 USAG Level 9 State Championship Meet for 15 - 16 year olds at Sports Fitness and Fun in Florida, NY on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270333'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon [untitled] <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270348/chetgordon-001_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270348'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270348 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:16:36 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270348 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270348/chetgordon-001_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270348'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon Matt Lanzano of Washingtonville swims his heat of the 100 yard butterfly during the Boy's OCIAA Swimming Championships at Washingtonville High School on Saturday, February 2, 2008. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270351/chetgordon-008_small.jpg' /><br />Matt Lanzano of Washingtonville swims his heat of the 100 yard butterfly during the Boy's OCIAA Swimming Championships at Washingtonville High School on Saturday, February 2, 2008. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270351'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270351 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:16:58 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270351 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1270351/chetgordon-008_small.jpg' /><br />Matt Lanzano of Washingtonville swims his heat of the 100 yard butterfly during the Boy's OCIAA Swimming Championships at Washingtonville High School on Saturday, February 2, 2008. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1270351'>view full-size image</a> Chet Gordon