Photojournal

Here is a slideshow from Duke’s win in the NIT at Madison Square Garden. The Devils have definitely impressed me so far early this year, just like they do at the beginning of every year.

Photo by Jeyhoun Allebaugh, ®NBAE, 2009.

Photo by Jeyhoun Allebaugh, ®NBAE, 2009.

Kevin Garnett nailed a 20-foot jumper as time expired in Overtime to beat the Knicks. It was yet another crushing L for the Knickerbockers. I feel like I’m earning my right to be Knicks fan right now and we’ll be rewarded soon enough for enduring all of this. The worst part was there was no crazy KG chest thumping, he was just like “Yes, I expected to be more or less this great.”

Photo by Jeyhoun Allebaugh, ®NBAE, 2009.

The Knicks and Nets played in a game of the two worst records in the NBA and the Knicks didn’t lose. Hard to believe a team with Devin Harris is still winless.

Here is a slideshow from the tough loss for the Tar Heels.

Here is an outtake from a project I’m currently working on.

Photo by Jeyhoun Allebaugh, ®NBAE, 2009.

The Knicks are now 1-7 with no easy wins in sight. Things are getting so rough Knicks fans needed to be reminded “That we don’t Boo kids at The Garden” on Monday night during a kids dunk contest. No boos for the team yet, but watch out if you attempt and air ball a half-court shot during a contest or run out of free t-shirts too early.

Boozer had 23 points and 14 rebounds, but the Duke universe was leveled out as Duhon was benched for most of the game in favor of FSU rookie Toney Douglas who had 21 points. Least interesting 2-point game ever (95-93 Jazz Win).

Photo by Jeyhoun Allebaugh. copyright ®NBAE, 2009.

My first time shooting the Knicks this year was a bit odd. Since Tel-Aviv rented the Garden for the game, technically this was an away game for New York. After being booted from the game, Tel-Aviv’s head coach Pini Gershon refused to leave the court for 10 minutes. On top of this, the crowd was decidedly bent towards Tel-Aviv. I guess that’s what happens when your sports team represents an entire religion. Enjoyed seeing all the Knicks yamakas in the crowd.

I took this photograph of a carnival worker drawing and writing poetry during down time on his shift. I often find myself drawn to the beautiful struggle in photography, literature and art. I got a big whiff of that emotion when I saw this guy near Bastille in Paris.

I spent a lot of my week wandering Paris armed with my camera, bread and cheese and no knowledge of the French language. The experience served to be a great reminder of the non-verbal communication I strive to use more of in my photography.

I’m forever thankful for my good friend Thibault, with whom I spent this past week visiting in Paris. I’m in awe of Thibault’s curiosity and compassion and attempt to mimic those qualities in my own actions. Meeting him during our time living in South Africa and traveling Namibia is one of the bullet points that I look back to on the timeline of my life. He is also a damn good aid in my never-ending search for trouble. It was a hell of a week.

Photo by Jeyhoun Allebaugh, Copyright NBAE, 2009.

Traveled to London and Madrid with the NBA for exhibition games with the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz. This photo of Luol Deng was published in the USA Today, Yahoo!, UK Guardian, ESPN.com and NBA.com.