Conner Jay

Portfolio

A monk collects money from tourists in the Tashilunpo Monastery. Over six thousand Chinese tourists will travel to the western front of their country on the new Tibet railway connecting China to Tibet.
   
A member of the Third United States Infantry Regiment or the “The Old Guard” stands guard in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the humid August air. The site is dedicated to American servicemen who have died without their remains being identified.
   
Gathered in the icy evening air, New Jersey Governor John Corzine lights the first candle on a menorah outside the Hoboken’s City Hall. Gov. Corzine, Congressman Albio Sires and Hoboken Mayor David Roberts celebrated the Jewish Holiday with members of the community during a ceremony held by Rabbi Moshe Schapiro from Chabad of Hoboken.
     
  
“I know whose car this is,” Deputy Charles Douglass said. “I’ve been searching for it for months.” A tip from a community member led the deputy to Suttle Road in Veneta, discovering a scarlet 1978 Chevrolet Camero. “This was a father-son project.”
   
Assuring a crowd of over 8,000 people at the University of Oregon, Senator Barack Obama promises, “We are going to bring this election to a close right here in Oregon.”
   
Waving his native flag of Colombia, goalkeeper Daniel Valencia is lifted above a roaring North Bergen High School crowd, as they celebrate North Bergen’s Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association Soccer Championship win against Memorial High School. Valencia made a diving save at the end of the game to ensure Bergen’s win by a single point.
     
  
Union City’s first baseman Krystal Hernandez leaps up for the catch and the out on first base during the Eagles win over West Orange.
   
Oregon’s Bryce Taylor gets an eyeful from Arizona’s Jordan Hill during the Duck’s 78-69 win at Mac Court. Although temporarily stunned by the jab in the eye, Taylor did not suffer any injury.
   
Oregon State’s Kyle Jeffers argues a loose ball foul during the heated Civil War rivalry between the Oregon Ducks and the Beavers. Oregon State’s head coach Jay John immediately pulled Jeffers out of the game.
     
  
Fullerton College’s Matt Estrada is brought down by a lucky toe grab during a punt return, in Fullerton’s unexpected 47-17 blowout win against Palomar College.
   
Sonja Newcombe screams after scoring the winning point in Oregon’s game against the California Bears at Mac Court.
   
Shannon O’Donnel celebrates with teammate Diane Forker after Holy Family girl’s volleyball team scores the final point against McNair Academy to win the HCIAA Volleyball Championship.
     
  
Jersey City police officers detain a distressed Irene Williams outside the scene of a shooting where three teenagers were shot at Triangle Park in Jersey City. Williams would not calm down and was trying to walk onto an active crime scene because she was afraid her niece was one of the victims. Police on the scene sent Williams to Jersey City Medical Center where she was later released.
   
A 17-year-old boy sits down and holds his right thigh where he was shot while hanging out in Ferris Triangle Park in Jersey City Thursday around 4:45 P.M. Another 17-year-old boy was shot twice in the legs and a 15-year-old girl was shot in the abdomen; all the teenagers suffered non-life threatening injuries. A local business owner, who declined to give their name in fear of retaliation from the shooters, said they heard two different guns fire at least seven times.
   
A tear begins to roll down the cheek of Tashawn Holmes, 18, during his first appearance in Superior Court for the murder of Lincoln High School Student, Pedro Roman Jr., 17. Holmes is accused of shooting Roman Jr. at Triangle Park in Jersey City in what police have described as a turf war between gangs.
     
  
Overcome with emotion, Gladys Rodriguez’s begins to cry while describing her statue of the Virgin Mary that was stolen from its alter outside her Union City home. Members of Rodriguez’s community often used her alter as a place to pray and leave flowers and candles to the Virgin Mary, standing as a symbol of hope for some. The statue came as a gift from her son, who used the figure as an inspirational symbol to help battle his addiction to drugs.
   
During High Priestess Piercing’s annual Body Modification Celebration at John Henry’s Bar, Louie Cruz has fourteen hooks inserted forty minutes before heading on stage to perform a full body suspension. The body piercing hooks are modified shark hooks meant to hold Cruz suspended above the ground.
   
Louie Cruz was comforted by a gentle touch from his girlfriend while being slowly raised in a full body suspension. Once he was fully suspended, his grilfriend swung from the four hooks inserted in his back.
     
  
Saying goodbye, Linda Smith walks away from her son’s fiance Ashley Brodkorb, as a friend tries to calm Brodkorb’s sobs. Spc. Joseph Kenny died in an undisclosed noncombat incident during Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq.
   
As friends and family file out of the West Lawn Funeral Home, Linda Smith spends a final moment with her son. Spc. Joseph Kenny died in an undisclosed noncombat incident during Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq.