September 2, 2024: Supporters line up outside Neshaminy Creek Brewing in Croydon at a political campaign event in Bucks County.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
I try to keep photos in this space politically neutral, so to make the image above I waited patiently (inside the air-conditioned brew pub) as the line of supporters entering a rally moved along, until a moment when there was no signage visible. Then I got lucky. Just when that happened the campaign’s photographer stepped into my frame. I moved a little to one side to frame him as well, between the muntins of the window.
The week before, I not only used political signage, but a similar photograph-through-the-window approach for a story on how voting might go this November in majority-Latino small Pennsylvania cities.
Last week I said I was sharing recent photos by my colleagues instead of showing you my retreads.
Advertisement
As summer unofficially ends this weekend, I’m rolling that comment back. With a day off for the holiday I am indeed recycling. Here are a dozen of my photos that weren’t seen by many readers in the weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Since 1998, a black-and-white photo has appeared every Monday in staff photographer Tom Gralish’s “Scene Through the Lens” photo column in The Inquirer’s local news section. Here are the most recent, in color:
August 26, 2024: Mahij Austin, 7, is among the young players attending a free kids basketball camp at Imhotep Charter High School, hosted by recent graduate and PIAA Class 5A Player of the Year Ahmad Nowell, before he heads off to the University of ConnecticutRead moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
August 19, 2024: A jogger runs parallel to the bike lanes along Columbus Boulevard, near the Race Street Pier. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
August 12, 2024: Security at Temple University’s Liacouras Center during Tuesday’s campaign appearance by Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
August 5, 2024: A window washer dangles over the (dirty) glass canopy at the front door of the Notary Hotel, in the former City Hall Annex, the neoclassical building designed in 1926 by architect P.H. Johnson across from City Hall. When the city moved out in 1989, the annex remained rat-infested, vacant, and boarded up for more than a decade. The National Historic Register building was restored — and the canopy added — and opened as a Courtyard by Marriott hotel in 1999. It was later renovated again and the current boutique hotel opened in 2019.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
July 29, 2024: A pass-through in a parking garage in Old City. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
July 22, 2024: Some people dance with wolves, but Jere Neal is walking with birds, on the quarter mile track along the Cooper River in Pennsauken, N.J. Neal did ten laps (2-1/2 miles) in the mid-afternoon heat, something he tries to do two or three times a week, year round.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
July 15, 2024: Firefighter Kyle Conard (left), of Riverside Fire Co. No. 1, and firefighter Andrew Lloyd, of Beverly Fire Co. No. 1, take down a large American flag from a ladder arch along Bridgeboro Street, near Route 130 in Delran, on Tuesday following the funeral procession for firefighter Horace McCurdy, 95, of Delran. McCurdy, who died on June 29, was a life member of the Delran Fire Company No.1 Bridgeboro, joining in 1945 when he was 16, and serving a number of positions, including chief in 1959. In the spring, he was honored for his 80 years of service.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
July 8, 2024: Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Dawn Staley (left) leave the stage behind Independence Hall after the presentation of the Mayor’s “One Philly Award” to the three-time NCAA a Fourth of July “Celebration of Freedom” event.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
July 1, 2024: The Historic District’s biggest flag (at the U.S. Courthouse at 6th and Market Streets, a block from Independence Hall) as we head into the week celebrating America’s 248th birthday. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
June 24, 2024: Following graduation ceremonies last week for the Philadelphia Police Academy Class No. 402, Commissioner Kevin Bethel remained on stage posing with any new officer who wanted a photo. As (slightly taller) graduate Julio Rodriguez-Perez stepped up, Bethel jokingly climbed on a chair.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
June 17, 2024: “God Bless America” (American Gothic) by sculptor J. Seward Johnson (1930-2020) on Klockner Road, near the Hamilton train station, along the way to nearby Grounds for Sculpture, the park he founded in 1992 on the site of the old New Jersey FairgroundRead moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
June 10, 2024: Shadows in North Wildwood signal the start of summer at the Shore.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
June 3, 2024: Abdelraham Shalan strikes the “Rocky” pose at the top of the steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Better known in the Sumo World as Oosunaarashi, which roughly translates to “The Great Sandstorm” in Japanese, he will compete in the International Sumo League World Championship Atlantic City June 15.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
May 27, 2024: Jim Beyer, of Washington Township, N.J. conducts the Philadelphia Brigade Band during the traditional Decoration Day service at Laurel Hill Cemetery, site of the first observance in Philadelphia, in 1868 to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Civil War. What is now known as Memorial Day became a national holiday in 1971. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
May 20, 2024: A plane taking off from Philadelphia International Airport flys over a turret of three 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 guns on the fore deck of the Battleship New Jersey, currently berthed in Dock #3 in dry dock at the Navy Yard (the same dock it was launched from on Dec. 7, 1942). Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
