Greensboro Daily Photo is honored to be featured in the current edition of O'Henry Magazine (February, 2018, p. 31). After nine years of being a largely-anonymous, amateur, street photographer, I was contacted for an interview by Maria Johnson. Maria is a freelance journalist who writes regularly for O'Henry Magazine. In the above photo, I (on the left wearing pink) am shown on location photographing Toni Shaw for GDP's January 30th post.
The article is wonderful on so many levels. First, Maria Johnson needs to be commended for her superb journalism. In a couple of hours, she asked great questions and made astute observations, capturing so many aspects of our community blog- indeed a "labor of love." Maria's casual, chatty, personable demeanor, instantly puts her interviewees at ease. Second, Maria had the great idea to follow me on a photo shoot, thereby giving recognition to a local professional photographer, Toni Shaw, who is deserving of an article in her own right. Finally, O'Henry Magazine is to be applauded for publishing such a high quality magazine about our great city.
No interview for O'Henry Magazine would be complete without an O'Henry ending. William Sydney Porter (aka O'Henry), born in Greensboro in 1862, was known for endings with a twist. At the end of the interview about Greensboro Daily Photo, Maria was surprised with a request to be featured on GDP. Stop back tomorrow to learn a little more about her. In the meantime, if you are local, we hope you have a chance to read the article.
A well-deserved honor and an excellent article. Hats off to Maria Johnson!
Posted by: Jane Tucker Mitchell | Thursday, February 01, 2018 at 09:11 AM
Kudos to you. It's wonderful that you were singled out like that. Obviously, there are those who feel you have made a wonderful contribution to your city and community!
Re your comment on Ocala: The snow was courtesy of Photoshop! We don't have snow in Ocala!
Posted by: Lowell | Thursday, February 01, 2018 at 10:40 AM
Bravo!
Posted by: William Kendall | Thursday, February 01, 2018 at 11:39 AM
Good on you to be featured!
Re your query on my post, MDP was started in Apr07. Thank you.
Posted by: magiceye | Friday, February 02, 2018 at 10:38 AM