Seattle Photographer Danny Gawlowski | Documentary Photography and Visual Journalism

Pantless in Seattle

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:58:30 +0000

I love the work that Improv Everywhere does. They stage these huge public works of improvisational theater. If you haven’t see any of their hilarious antics, you need to check them out. So, when I heard that Seattle would be having a No-Pants Light Rail Ride, I knew I was going to do video of it. Organized by Emerald City Improv, the event had an amazing turnout. With so many great stories, so many great moments, I could have edited this many different ways. I decided to focus on Mike Warred, a traveler from Las Vegas who knew nothing of the event but decided to join in. Wow. To me, that’s really impressive. Maybe even more impressive than the fact that he just happened to be wearing Superman boxers.

Deputy Mundell Memorial Service

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:54:33 +0000

In the past few weeks, I’ve had to cover more police memorial services than I thought I would experience in a lifetime. Here is a piece to honor Pierce County sheriff’s deputy Kent Mundell Jr.

The Gift of an Arm

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:17:45 +0000

One of the greatest parts of working at The Seattle Times is being able to work with photographers such as Alan Berner. Alan is one of the best people and therefore one of the best photojournalists I know. He cares about the people he photographs and he puts his heart each into each story. Alan made a picture story on Abeynah Adefris, an Ethiopian boy receiving two prosthetic arms here in Seattle, and I had the priveledge of making that work into an audio slideshow.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner First Flight

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:39:20 +0000

The 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time today and I was able to be there and witness it. I did live video leading up to the takeoff, published clips throughout the day on my iPhone using Qik and turned raw video clips from my Sony video camera quickly. I then used video I shot, video shot by Steve Ringman, video shot by Cliff Despeaux and audio from the air traffic control (captured on a police scanner taped to my tripod) to produce this piece.

Lakewood Police Memorial

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:12:40 +0000

This is my attempt to honor the four slain Lakewood Police Officers with coverage of their memorial. It uses photos made by The Seattle Times staff as well as the Associated Press photo staff in Seattle. It was very difficult to work on, and very difficult for me to watch. I hope I honored them well.

2009 High School Football Championships

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:26:54 +0000

I’ve always loved covering high school state tournaments. This is my first year shooting video. As a still photographer, I’ve always been interested in the culture of sport – everything happening around the field as well as on it. In these videos, I tried to feature the bands as well as the teams.

WTO protests in Seattle: looking back 10 years later

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:17:04 +0000

This week marks the tenth anniversary of the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organzation, the “Battle in Seattle.” Here, Harley Soltes, who was a Seattle Times photographer at the time, and John Sellers, who was a protest organizer, talk about that week and the years since.

Real Salt Lake wins MLS Cup

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:05:15 +0000

I was able to shoot video at the MLS Cup held here in Seattle, Real Salt Lake against Los Angeles Galazy (including David Beckham). I shot several iPhone videos using Qik and my iPhone during the game and published almost instantly. I also shot with a Canon 5DmII, and produced a higher quality piece after the game.

Artistic roller skating

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:03:48 +0000

This piece was shot by the fantastic Seattle photographer and Seattle Times staffer Erika Schultz. I had the pleasure of editing it with Erika. Think figure skating, but with roller skates.

My first soccer video

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:52:07 +0000

With MLS Cup coming up, I thought I’d try my hand at making a soccer video. I’ve shot stills of soccer more times than I can count. But I’ve never done soccer video before. So, I made this video on a high school tournament game between Mercer Island and Glacier Peak.