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BY
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PERSONAL
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“Present at the Re-creation: Memories of Loma Prieta” – on the World Series Earthquake |
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“Paris When It Sizzles” – on reconnecting after the kids are gone |
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| “Confessions
of a Bicoastal Baseball Fan” – on rooting
for two teams published in Contra Costa Times, May 21, 2005 http://zarchy.com/bicoastal.htm |
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| “Googling David” –
on friendship, mortality, and reconnecting with the past published in Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, January/February 2005 http://zarchy.com/googlingdavidDAM.htm Original-length version: http://zarchy.com/googlingdavid.htm |
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| “Barry and
the Rally Nuts” – the night Mr. Bonds hit his 600th homer published in Contra Costa Times, May 17, 2003 http://zarchy.com/barry.htm |
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TECHNICAL
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“Shooting Into the Void” – PBS Science Series Closer to Truth |
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| “Polishing
the Talking Head: The West Wing Documentary Special” published by American Cinematographer Online, journal of the Amer. Society of Cinematographers, March 2003 http://www.theasc.com/magazine/mar03/westwing/index.html |
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| “Shooting from the Hip ... and the Shoulder: Operating Handheld Film and Video Cameras” published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine, January 2008 http://zarchy.com/handheld.htm |
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“Living in Oblivion: On Creating, Then Destroying Your Original Video Media” |
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| “Shooting
Abroad: Paperwork, Passports, X-rays, and Excess Baggage” published in Release Print Magazine, August 2003 http://zarchy.com/abroad1.htm |
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| “Here
Comes the Sun: Using sunPATH Software” published in PHOTO Techniques Magazine, July/August 2004 http://zarchy.com/sunpath.htm |
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| “You
Say Filming, I Say Image Capture: A Journey Into HD” published in Film/Tape World, November 2004 http://zarchy.com/HDjourney.htm |
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| “French
Fries and Film: Powering Production with Veggie Oil” published in Film/Tape World, August 2004 http://zarchy.com/veggieoil.htm |
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| “The DI Revolution” –
on Digital Intermediates for Timing Feature Films published in Film/Tape World, May 2004 http://zarchy.com/DI.htm |
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| “New Media:
For Sun Seekers Only” published in Emmy Magazine, journal of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, October 2003 http://zarchy.com/emmysun.htm |
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TALES
FROM THE ROAD |
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| “21st-Century Village: Telemedical Kiosks in Remote India” published in Kyoto Journal #68, November 2007 Read it here: http://www.zarchy.com/village.htm More about Kyoto Journal: http://www.kyotojournal.org/kjback/kjback68.html |
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| “Showdown
at Shinagawa: Bowling for Budget in Tokyo” published in Kyoto Journal #66, May 2007 Read it here: http://www.zarchy.com/shinagawa.htm More about Kyoto Journal: http://www.kyotojournal.org/kjback/kjback66.html |
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| “Chartres:
Ecstasy at the Altar” published in San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Travel section, January 22, 2006 http://zarchy.com/chartres.htm OR http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/22/TRG0CGP9D21.DTL "Ecstasy"
also
appears in humor anthology What Color is Your Jockstrap? |
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| “Starstruck
at Cannes” published in Film/Tape World, August 2005 http://zarchy.com/cannes.htm |
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| “New Zealand:
Living a Lie at Mrs. O'Brien's” published in Film/Tape World, October 2004 http://zarchy.com/NZ.htm |
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| “Wrecks
and Pissers: The Bombay-Pune Road” published in Gobshite Quarterly, August 2004 http://zarchy.com/wrecks.htm ALSO selected as Editor’s Choice Story, Travelerstales.com, March 2003 http://travelerstales.com/carpet/000087.shtml |
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| “Singapore:
No Worry, Chicken Curry” published in Film/Tape World, January 2004 http://zarchy.com/curry.htm |
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| “Tokyo:
The Tale of the 33rd Floor” published in Film/Tape World, October 2003 http://zarchy.com/tokyo33.htm |
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| “Taiwan:
Mr. Wong and the Universal Language” published in Film/Tape World, July 2003 http://zarchy.com/wong.htm |
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AWARDS |
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Third Annual Solas Awards
for Travel Writing, February 2009, sponsored by Travelers' Tales Silver Certificate in Family Travel Category for my story “Paris When it Sizzles” Bronze Certificate in Doing Good or the Kindness of Strangers Category for my story “Unpunished” Honorable Mention for my story “Googling David” http://www.besttravelwriting.com/award-winners-2009/ |
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Second Annual Solas Awards
for Travel Writing, February 2008, sponsored by Travelers' Tales Honorable Mention for my stories "Googling David," "Showdown at Shinagawa: Bowling for Budget in Tokyo," "India: It Takes a Village," and "Wrecks & Pissers: The Bombay-Pune Road" http://www.besttravelwriting.com/award-winners-2008/ |
| First Solas Awards
for Travel Writing, March 2007, sponsored by Travelers' Tales Silver Certificate in Bad Trip Category for my story “Eiffel: What Goes Up” Bronze Certificate in Funny Travel Category for my story “Chartres: Ecstasy at the Altar” Honorable Mention for my story “Summer Paramour” http://www.besttravelwriting.com/award-winners/ |
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