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<title>Bee Focused: John Walker</title>
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<description>John Walker has been a general assignment staff photographer at The Bee since 1985. He previously was a photographer at The Mesa (Ariz.) Tribune.</description>
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<title>Digital Tintype</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/digital-tintype.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="Digital Tintype" title="Digital Tintype" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/jrw_digital_tintype_thumb.jpg" width="90"  />]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA[I was in the middle of shooting a battle of the local Civil War Revisited event, laying on my back with a 500mm proped up with one arm, when a woman seated behind me started laughing. I asked her what was so funny; usually, infantry lines blasting away at each other is not comic. She said she had spotted an unusual sight with her digital camera with a short zoom lens: "One of the Conferderate dead is taking pictures." Sure enough, he was sneaking shots with his little digital
camera. I didn't know the Rebels had such technology available. The famous Civil War photographer, Matthew Brady, would have been both proud and envious.<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE

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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:09:41 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Frozen in Time</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:05:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Sour Weed</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/sour-weed.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="Sour Weed" title="Sour Weed" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/jrw_sour_weed_thumb.jpg" width="90"  />]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA[ I always look for contrasts when I'm shooting, especially
still-life photos ... such as this sour weed and the old, dirty, broken
antique window. I made this photo while on an assignment for the Saturday home and garden pages.<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:00:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Sheep Friends</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/sheep-friends.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="Sheep Friends" title="Sheep Friends" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/jrw_sheep_thumb.jpg" width="90"  />]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA[I found this scene while cruising for wild art at the Fresno
State campus farm. These little birds were hopping on the sheep, 
pecking the wool -- I'm assuming looking for seeds or
something.  I knew sooner or later one would land on a sheep's head.
Shot with a 500mm.<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:54:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Cool Bulldogs</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/cool-bulldogs.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="Cool Bulldogs" title="Cool Bulldogs" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/jrw_bulldogs_thumb.jpg" width="90"  />]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA["Princess," right, makes herself comfortable as she and "Bubble Butt" keep cool during the valley heat wave at their home in Bowles south of Fresno.  The bulldogs are owned by breeder Lee Anne Lysdahl.<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:38:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Unloading Zone</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/unloading-zone.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="Unloading Zone" title="Unloading Zone" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/jrw_bird_unloading_thumb.jpg" width="90"  />]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA[A dirty bird with little sense of humor, but good direction, makes a statement on the sticker on the window of this car parked on Fulton Street. I was on an assignment at Warnors Theater when I saw this scene. It reminded me of an old "Far Side" cartoon: birds sitting in a tree spying people walking in the park below with targets on top of their heads. A couple of nearby construction workers saw me getting ready to shoot this; one (the car's owner?) said, "You're not going to take a picture of that, are you?" and laughed as I photographed the evidence of the crime.<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:05:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Horse Head</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/horse-head.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="Horse Head" title="Horse Head" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/jrw_horse_head_thumb.jpg" height="90"  width="67"/>]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA[This was a detail shot from a story we did on the ancient art of
blacksmithing. It was really cool to see this glowing piece of iron bar come
to life as it was shaped by blacksmith and artist Frank Jackson of Auberry.
The detail shot was revealed as the iron cooled on an old anvil.

<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:41:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>On Guard</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/on-guard.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="On Guard" title="On Guard" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/jrw_on_guard_thumb.jpg" height="90"  width="60" />]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA[I did a double-take as I drove along West Avenue south of Fresno. I saw a
figure, partially obscured by a canal bank, that appeared to be a person
holding a rifle. I thought, "No, couldn't be ... maybe a scarecrow missing
an arm." I was partly right on both counts.
It's a scarecrow guarding a vegetable field while menacingly pointing a
piece of wood cut to look like a rifle. And it wasn't alone -- there were
two standing guard. A pointed message to gun-shy birds? Or a warning to
thieves who steal crops? ... Either way, a growing problem in the area
(couldn't help that one!).
Hopefully, this doesn't start a trend in yard art.<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:41:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Kerman House</title>
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bright blue house in Kerman. REALLY bright blue. As I made this picture, I
heard a man behind me say, "So you've found the ugliest house in Kerman!"<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:40:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Supersize Me</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/supersize-me.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="Supersize Me" title="Supersize Me" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/jrw_supersize_thumb.jpg" width="90"  />]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA[Some businesses resort to subliminal advertising to lure customers -- such as this burger joint on Catalina Island, awash with cruise-ship tourists.
<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:40:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Happy to Live Here</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/happy-to-live-here.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="Happy to Live Here" title="Happy to Live Here" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/happyface_thumb.jpg" width="90"  />]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA[A basketball puts a happy face on a Bardell Avenue neighborhood in southwest
Fresno. This was part of one of our neighorhood stories in City Life, a
section that publishes Thursdays and is distributed to Fresno city
subscribers.
When doing these stories, I try to find a scene that reflects the sense of
the place. Here we found nicely kept houses, manicured yards ... and a ball
resting in a front yard that seemed to happily reflect a piece of the
"American Dream."
<br><b>JOHN WALKER /</b> THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 11:27:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Cosmic Rain</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/john-walker/gallery/cosmic-rain.php&quot;&gt;<![CDATA[<img alt="Rain Art" title="Rain Art" src="http://www.fresnobeehive.com/focus/thumbs/rainart_thumb.jpg" width="90"  />]]>&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<![CDATA[ Is it a black hole? Evidence of the "big bang" theory revealed through the Hubble telescope?
Nope, it's actually a close-up of a spot of gasoline mixed in a rain puddle. The splash of color was hard to miss as I got out of my car in the Grainger Industrial Supply parking lot, a block from the Bee.<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:26:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Summer</title>
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While wandering the streets of Fresno last September, reporter Matt
Leedy and I came upon this heart-wrenching scene of solemn 5-year-old
Summer Speckman, seemingly lost in thought, amidst bags of garbage and
puddles of water from a leaky faucet on the
sidewalk of her family's dilapidated apartment in southeast Fresno. The
photo graphically illustrated the story of hopelessness and despair
among Fresno’s poor in destitute neighborhoods, where the geographical
divide between the haves and have-nots is more prevelant than anywhere
else in the country, according to a national study.
The photo was run in newspapers across the nation, sparking offers of
assistance from the East Coast, where people
saw it in the Washington Post, to Washington state and Southern
California.<br><b>JOHN WALKER/</b>THE FRESNO BEE]]>&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:56:37 -0800</pubDate>
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