Ed Zirkle Photography

Busy week. This Thursday is Little Brown Jug and this weekend is the Madison County Marauders hosting the Mid-West Regional Championship.

It's the 101st Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial at Gallup, NM. A wonderful gathering of culture and traditions of indigenous peoples that have occupied these lands for thousands of years. And I've been looking forward to documenting events that most people do not get to see. As I arrived and left my car at Red Rock Park I heard fireworks? gunshots? part of some event?...

An Unfortunate Incident It’s the 101st Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial at Gallup, NM. A wonderful gathering of culture and traditions of indigenous peoples that have occupied these lands for thousands of years…

I don't post personal political information unless I've been to a rally and post up images from that event. To my surprise as I was photographing the Sale of Champions at the Ohio State Fair today, one of the high bidders gave a shout out to Kari Lake. Now the lady is from Arizona and I keep getting emails from their campaign asking for support....

Fair Turkey I don’t post personal political information unless I’ve been to a rally and post up images from that event. To my surprise as I was photographing the Sale of Champions at the Ohio State…

Tonight at the Franklin County Fair while photographing the demolition derby one of the participants got hit really hard! Out cold in the car. Old newspaper days kicked in and a bit of spot news coverage. As the last image show, driver walked away with the help of the Norwich Township Fire Department!!! 2023 Franklin County Fair...

Spot News Tonight at the Franklin County Fair while photographing the demolition derby one of the participants got hit really hard! Out cold in the car. Old newspaper days kicked in and a bit of spot news co…

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Fairground Rodeo Rodeo and Franklin County Fairgrounds. Some good old summer fun at the fair, rodeo. Oh, and the MARVELOUS MUTTS leap into action too. A-Bar rodeo production put on a show for the crowd with the men…

Last Oct/Nov I had a chance to visit the Odesa area. Nothing more than a seaport and resort area. An absolutely lovely area filled with wonderful people. Why Russia would attack the area is just pure evil. There is nothing there that would offensive to Russia. A seaside city that Russians would visit before this mess started. People playing chess, fishing in sight of the crane at the port, people getting married, lovely buildings and people photographing people. Just a normal day in a normal city, but not now. I'm hoping all people in Odesa and my Rotarian friends are ok.

Odesa, Ukraine Last Oct/Nov I had a chance to visit the Odesa area. Nothing more than a seaport and resort area. An absolutely lovely area filled with wonderful people. Why Russia would attack the area is just pu…

I will be giving 3 short talks this Saturday at the Rotary 6690 district conference. Each talk will cover some aspect from my trips to Ukraine and interaction with Rotarians in Ukraine and Poland. I am working on website to post all of the images and some video, will post a link here soon....

Rotary Conference 6690 2023 talk I will be giving 3 short talks this Saturday at the Rotary 6690 district conference. Each talk will cover some aspect from my trips to Ukraine and interaction with Rotarians in Ukraine and Poland. …

I have been very fortunate to have visited Ukraine recently. Few into Warsaw, crossed the border to Lviv and on to Kyiv, Kharkiv and then Odesa. I met up with Rotarians along the way and they provided me with transportation in each city and a look at what life has been and is now within a country at war. I am coming to the end of editing and will be able to post the entire trip soon....

Ukraine today on NBC 4 I have been very fortunate to have visited Ukraine recently. Few into Warsaw, crossed the border to Lviv and on to Kyiv, Kharkiv and then Odesa. I met up with Rotarians along the way and they provi…

Good Morning from Odesa Ukraine
Yesterday I spent the day in and around a small village that is/was a resort destination. No military, just people on vacation and a children’s football - soccer - camp with swimming pool.
This is part of what is left.
No words needed, just random indiscriminate destruction!

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One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan As I think back to that day, 9/11, on the road with other Ohio State University people I remember the disbelief of what was happening. Called Dad in California to get some clarification and Dad just kept saying "they are gone". Wasn't till I had a chance to see the news and the awful images on TV....

Ever Vigil One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan As I think back to that day, 9/11, on the road with other Ohio State University people I remember the disbelief of what was happening. Called Dad in Calif…

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Things we don't know, see or want to understand. The reality is there are people who have served our country and live in the wood or under a bridge. They aren't on the street corner, just don't have a place, fell thru the crack, just want to be left alone.I met Benito under a bridge in New Orlean's and his brother Luis....

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There I go but for… Things we don’t know, see or want to understand. The reality is there are people who have served our country and live in the wood or under a bridge. They aren’t on the street corner, ju…

I've been photographing for a very long time and most of that time I'd call myself a photojournalist. But now, seems I have/am morphing into a photo documentarian. I don't put myself in the Dorothea Lange or Walker Evans level but that is something of the work I enjoy. Today I purchased 3 prints from a Sotheby's auction. Prints that I couldn't imagine ever owning, just seeing in a book....

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Couldn’t Imagine I’ve been photographing for a very long time and most of that time I’d call myself a photojournalist. But now, seems I have/am morphing into a photo documentarian. I don’t put mys…

I had the pleasure of meeting both Mr. and Mrs. Dole during Sen Elizabeth Dole campaign in North Carolina in 2008. Both very approachable, warm and charming. Sad to see another member of what I would call the old guard that knew how to work with everyone and still get the job done. Senator Bob Dole at...

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Sen Bob Dole I had the pleasure of meeting both Mr. and Mrs. Dole during Sen Elizabeth Dole campaign in North Carolina in 2008. Both very approachable, warm and charming. Sad to see another member of what I wou…

Had a couple of moments with a Nikon Z9 last night. NPS - Nikon Professional Services - did their dog and pony show on the Z9. Very, very interesting! If this camera does half the things in my hands that I saw demoed last night sports photography will change and be a bit easier for me. Andrew Hancock gave a great talk regarding his use of the Z9 and insight was a big help in knowing the $$$$ spent on this body will be worth the cost....

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Photography will change a little Had a couple of moments with a Nikon Z9 last night. NPS – Nikon Professional Services – did their dog and pony show on the Z9. Very, very interesting! If this camera does half the thing…

Morning breakfast after a meeting where we gather again to break bread and solve the world's problems. Today, Veterans Day, and as talk, joke and share fellowship it's the way American should be. A Jordanian ex airforce, an Israel ex artillery officer, 2 US military- Navy and Army, plus those that serve in a different way. Peace

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The way it’s supposed to be. Morning breakfast after a meeting where we gather again to break bread and solve the world’s problems. Today, Veterans Day, and as talk, joke and share fellowship it’s the way American …

Color is in the eye of the beholder.

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Colorful Fall Day trip to Prairie Oats to find some fall color was a bit colorless. Seems the late October heat kept the trees thinking it was still summer. The chemistry of going from green to brilliant orange,…

20 years! Doesn't seem so, yet, it's been 20 years since the horror of 9/11/2001. I was on a Roads Scholar Tour with The Ohio State University and we were visiting various OSU supported industries in northern Ohio. We were gathered in the lobby of the company and told the tour was suspended and we were going back to Columbus. Not much was known and getting a phone call out was almost impossible....

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Remembering a time of horror and yet unity 20 years! Doesn’t seem so, yet, it’s been 20 years since the horror of 9/11/2001. I was on a Roads Scholar Tour with The Ohio State University and we were visiting various OSU supported…

One of my fav images with Erin and Special Olympics!