In July, 2018 I visited Columbus Ohio to participate in the 2018 Photojournalism Workshop run by the Leica Store, Miami.
Our instructor was the Pulitzer-prize-winning photographer, William Snyder, who teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
The venue was the Ohio State Fair which was my first state fair. I was surprised by the size of the fairgrounds, the variety of exhibitions, and the buildings that were named after former Ohio governors. More about the Fair in future posts.
I was out one evening taking pictures with my photo-buddy, Tony Palazzo, who hails from New Orleans. Talk about ‘being at the right place at the right time’, this happened to me!
We came upon a game called “Balloon a-Rama” in which participants try to pop balloons by blowing jets of air at them. A young lady popped a balloon and was asked to pick a prize.
I motioned to her to come towards me, as there was a Winnie the Pooh bear she might like. That is what she did and the following photos document her getting her prize.
