The photographic journey of GILBERT W. ARIAS, a Seattle/Tacoma based Photojournalist..

In 2009, like so many of my newspaper colleagues I found myself unemployed after the 146-yr-old newspaper I worked at closed its doors and moved to a web only edition. Some 12-years later I find I’m still mourning the loss of another great American industry, the daily newspaper.


Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Last Call

Jack Steidl holds one of his bulges as he prepares to play “Taps” at a recent military funerals. While many cemeteries have resorted to "canned Taps" played on a boom box, or an electronic device fitted in the end of a bugle, Steidl a 91yr-old retired military veteran has been keeping the tradition alive by playing his bugle at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.
Photo By Gilbert W. Arias © 2010
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Street Vendor

A street vendor works the crowd as he sells fresh popcorn from his pushcart along the parade route at the Spring Daffodil Festival parade in Puyallup, WA. The annual event travels through the four city of Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, and Orting. The parade is the highlight of the Daffodil Festival that got its start in 1933…
PHOTO BY GILBERT W. ARIAS ©2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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