Rebecca Drobis Photography

Memphis Commerical Appeal: Selenne Benitone, Children's Author

 

 

Selene Benitone found a way to tell her kids she had cancer by writing a book for them

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labels: Memphis Commerical Appeal, Mommy Without Hair, Rebecca Drobis Photography, Selene Benitone

 

Winter Images of Montana and the Blackfeet Reservation

    I just returned from teaching a photojournalism unit at the Blackfeet Academy. The students' photos can been seen on their blog- http://blackfeetacademy.blogspot.com/ This was my drive home from school from Browning to East Glacier- snow drifting across Highway 2.

 

 

 

 

 

Labels: Blackfeet, Glacier National Park, landscape, Montana, Native American Reservation

 

Pulitizer Prize Winning Story-- Forgotten: Forgetting a child in the back seat of a hot, parked car is a horrifying, inexcusable mistake. But is it a crime?

 Miles Harrison holds a toy that belonged to his son, Chase, who died after being left in the back seat of his father's car last summer. 

Fatal Distraction

 

Labels: photojournalism, rebecca emily drobis, The Washington Post, Virgina, Washington DC, washington post magazine

 

Deadly Force - Washington Post Magazine Cover Story 2/1/09

 

 

Acting on a mistaken drug trafficking suspicion, a SWAT team broke down their door, shot beloved pets and shattered a happy home. Was it an extreme reaction, or business as usual in America's war on drugs?

 Click the photo to see the photo gallery and ready this article.

 

Labels: Berwyn Heights, cover story, dogs, MD, photojournalism, police brutality, Prince George's County Maryland, Rebecca Drobis Photography, The Washington Post, Washington DC

 

 

The Learning Channel/Toddlers and Tiaras

 

 

My images from the Southern Celebrity Pageant in Charleston, West Virgina. I shot behind the scenes for TLC's new show: Toddlers and Tiaras. The show follows young competitors through the pageant circuit. Click here for more images.

 

 

 

 

 

Labels: beauty pageant, children's fashion photography, discovery channel, girls, Kids Fashion, Rebecca Drobis Photography, The Learning Channle, toddlers and tiaras, TV

 

Limb Lengthening Story Published in Washington Post Magazine

 

 

A fascinating story that I photographed follows a teenage girl who decides to have limb lengthening surgery -  click here to read the article 

 

 

 

 

Labels: dwarf, dwarfism, limb lengthening, Rebecca Drobis Photography, surgery, teen culture, teenager, The Washington Post Magazine, youth culture

 

 

Images from my project: MEMORY, RECOVERED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Lifestyle Portraits from Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labels: Children's lifestlye photographer, Kids Fashion, lifestyle photography, New Mexico, Rebecca Drobis Photography, santa fe

 

Floral Park, Glacier National Park Montana

Pretty amazing hike across Sperry Glacier...

 

 

Labels: Glacier National Park, landscape, Montana

 

New Images from NW Montana, Heart Butte, Blackfeet Reservation

 

 

 Labels: Blackfeet, children's fashion photography, Montana, Native American Reservation

 

New Images from New Mexico

Labels: New Mexico, portrait

A Father's Shadow, Civil Rights Leader Convicted of Incest: Washington Post Magazine Story 5/25/08

 

I photographed this very sad story about former Civil Rights leader, James Bevel who is on trial for committed incest against his daughter, Aaralyn Mills. Bevel was an important historical figure, part of MLK Jr's inner circle. Click on the photos to read the entire article by Washington Post writer, Les Schneider:

 

Labels: civil rights movement, crime, Incest trial, James Bevel, Rebecca Drobis Photography, The Washington Post, The Washington Post Magazine

 

Photography Class captures young hearts

 

Click on the photo to read about my photography students at Westbrook Elementary school

 

 

Shelby, Montana

Labels: Montana, Shelby

Alex, Alex, Risa and Nicole

 

 

 

 

 

Labels: Spring at Glen Echo