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Seeing Stories in the Smoke: What the Roswell Citizens’ Fire Academy Is Teaching Me About Storytelling

Seeing Stories in the Smoke: What the Roswell Citizens’ Fire Academy Is Teaching Me About Storytelling

by Stanley LearyMarch 11, 2026March 30, 2026

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been attending the Citizens’ Fire Academy with the Roswell Fire Department here in Roswell. I originally signed up simply because I was curious. Like many people, I see fire…

Finding Peace Through Passion: Why Hobbies Matter

Finding Peace Through Passion: Why Hobbies Matter

by Stanley LearySeptember 7, 2025September 11, 2025

Life has a way of throwing challenges at us that we never expected. My friend Gibbs Frazeur knows this all too well. As a lifelong photojournalist, he built a career on capturing moments that mattered.…

Know your audience

Know your audience

by Stanley LearyJanuary 29, 2019March 27, 2026

Look carefully at these first two photographs. What is similar, and what is different? [NIKON D5, 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8, ISO 7200, ƒ/7.1, 1/250] They are in the same church on the same day. The difference…

Meet Storyteller Naomi Harward

Meet Storyteller Naomi Harward

by Stanley LearyJanuary 25, 2019September 1, 2025

I met Naomi Harward a couple of years ago at our Storytellers Abroad Workshop in Nicaragua. Naomi is one of the quietest people I have ever met. Naomi working with James Dockery on her project.…

Meet Storyteller Jay York

Meet Storyteller Jay York

by Stanley LearyJanuary 21, 2019September 1, 2025

Jay York is working on his story for the Storytellers Abroad Workshop in Lima, Peru [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, ISO 32000, ƒ/6.3, 1/200, Focal Length = 24] I have known Jay York for…

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