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My name is Dan Nguyen and I'm a journalist, programmer and photographer.
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Tim Hetherington’s Last Libya Photos, at the Bronx Doc Center
Last weekend, the newly-built Bronx Documentary Center opened with an exhibition of fallen war photographer Tim Hetherington’s final photos. Hetherington was killed in Libya on Apr. 20, 2011, after Gadaffi forces shelled his position. Photographer Chris Hondros also died in the attack.… Continue reading
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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
(I love that the filename for this Steve Jobs photo on apple.com is: http://images.apple.com/home/images/t_hero.png) It’s hard to believe that we’ll ever see such a passionate and imaginative inventor in this generation again. R.I.P. Steve. His 2005 commencement speech to Stanford:… Continue reading
Casting Call, New York Fashion Week Spring 2012 (NYFW, with ACW Worldwide)
Casting Call, New York Fashion Week Spring 2012, originally uploaded by Dan Nguyen @ New York City. I had an opportunity to document one of the ceremonies behind the New York Fashion Week: a casting call, in which hundreds of… Continue reading
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New Hurricane Irene data predicts increased chance of high speed winds
UPDATE 1:30PM: New NOAA numbers project REDUCED probabilities, table updated: According to raw data from the National Hurricane Center, the probability that NYC will suffer sustained high winds has increased significantly I had yesterday's numbers saved on my web cache… Continue reading
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Scenes from Summer Street New York
Had the pleasure of taking part in Summer Streets this past Saturday. With the weather as beautiful as it was, I’d say it was possibly my favorite public event I’ve ever been in in NYC. See my Tumblr set here.
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Before and After: Ground Zero and the new World Trade Center
Cell phone photo – September 11, 2008 – Ground Zero, originally uploaded by Dan Nguyen @ New York City. I’ve walked by Ground Zero for the past three years on my way to work and I still don’t have a… Continue reading
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Amusing truncation in mobile version of NYT’s Whites in Bedstuy story
Amusing truncation in mobile version of NYT’s Whites in Bedstuy story, originally uploaded by Dan Nguyen @ New York City. In search results, the title tag for the mobile site, as read by the Google spiderbot, is apparently shortened. Though… Continue reading
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Ukrainian Justice: A photo essay by Donald Weber (VII) in Newsweek
An incredible photo essay by photographer Donald Weber, who worked for five years to let Ukrainian authorities let him photograph inside an interrogation room. His photographs attempt to capture the moment that a suspect breaks: Once inside, he looked not… Continue reading
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On Civility: Facebook vs. non-Facebook Comments
In this story about a Chicago gang-related shooting at the funeral for a previous victim, the anonymous users predictably take the lead on vile.
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