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The Great New York State Fair
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The Great New York State Fair
Location: Syracuse, New York
Focus:
Photographer, Photo Assistant, Multimedia, Creative, Photo Editor, Freelance
Covering:
USA & Canada
Skills:
Research, Image Archiving, Photo Assisting, Cataloging, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premier, Photo Editing, Photojournalism, Video Editing
School:
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Buena Vista University
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A young girl and her mother at the New York State Fair.
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A couple walks hand in hand at the New York State Fair.
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"The Thing" featuring all things Utica like tomato pie, and Utica greens.
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A view of the midway at the New York State Fair.
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A fairgoer rides the mechanical bull on the midway.
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Fair attendees purchase ice cold milk from the iconic milk bar in the dairy products building.
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A woman tries the fried oreos.
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A exhibitor brushes the hair on the back of her dairy cow.
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Exhibitors clean their horses after a show.
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A fair attendee sprints through the down pouring rain.
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A fairgoer attending the Megan Maroney concert wearing sparkly cowboy boots.
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A view of the midway at night.
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On the final day of the 2023 New York State Fair, the midway is lined with people as ride tickets are half price.
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A family enjoys corn on the cob at the New York State Fair.
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Gov. Hochul interacts with the state police horses.
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A child reaches to pet a newborn dairy calf.
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As the sunsets, children blow bubbles along the midway.
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Exhibitors show their pigs.
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SYRACUSE, NY - AUGUST 21, 2024: In an effort to reduce the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, fair officials encourage people to wash their hands after interacting with all livestock. (Emily Kenny/Spectrum News 1)
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The sun setting over the fairgrounds.
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A couple poses for a portrait.
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A woman poses for a portrait.
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A adult dancer at the smoke dance competition ties bells on the ankle of a "tiny tot" dancer.
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Two girls pose for a portrait on the midway.
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The sunsets over the ferris wheel at the New York State Fair.
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