Stunning images day after day
New London — Day photojournalist Sarah Gordon has spent the past 11 months hunting for images to illustrate how our community is coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
Gordon, with the rest of The Day's visual team — Sean Elliot, Dana Jensen and Peter Huoppi — have captured stunning images day after day.
Drive-thru graduation ceremonies where each school came up with a different way to celebrate safely. A mother and daughter playing cards through their car windows. Cows, rather than people, walking over a newly opened bridge in North Stonington.
On Thursday, Gordon will discuss her work with a panel of leading state journalists at the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government's year-in-review program to "The Stories Behind the Biggest Stories of 2020." The virtual event is free, but participants are required to register at www.ctfog.org to obtain a Webex link.
Leslie Mayes of NBC Connecticut will moderate the discussion with panelists Gordon, Mark Pazniokas and Jacqueline Rabe from the Connecticut Mirror, Christine Stuart of CTNewsJunkie, Rick Green and Daniela Altimari from the Hartford Courant, Brian Didlake II, Fox61 News, and Keila Torres Ocasio, Hearst CT Media.
Gordon, 32, grew up in the Hudson Valley area of New York. She attended Boston University, graduating in 2010, and started working in the news industry.
"I thought this was something I would do for fun for a few years before I went to graduate school," Gordon said.
She worked at the Ashland Times Gazette in Ohio and the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash., before joining The Day in 2017.
"It was very well known that if you wanted to be a photographer, and you wanted to do community journalism, and you wanted to live in New England, you went to The Day," Gordon said.
During the pandemic, Gordon has continued to work in the field daily, jotting down colorful details and contact information for reporters, many of whom have continued to work from home.
"I put a lot of thought into how to do it safely," she said. "Every time I talk to someone, or approach someone, there are all these thoughts in my mind about keeping your distance, wearing your mask. I probably quarantine myself a lot more than I need to. Just by me leading a safer life, I may make it safer for people in the community."
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