Cinderella William and Mary
I was down at the Richmond Coliseum for the Colonial Athletic Association championship game between Old Dominion and William and Mary. Hoping this cinderella story was the making of something big, I was there in case William and Mary knocked off favored and regular season conference champions Old Dominion gaining an automatic bid into the [...]
Shaun White Secret Halfpipe
Reason number 1,673 why this job is so cool. Nine months before the start of the Vancouver Olympics, I found myself on top of a 12,000 foot mountain in Silverton, Colorado hanging out with Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Shawn White. His sponsor Red Bull had built a super secret halfpipe for Shaun and only Shaun [...]
Olympic Torch
Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky runs with the Olympic torch to light the Vancouver 2010 Olympic cauldron at the conclusion of the Olympic opening ceremony.
It was a very wet night in a pouring rain as “The Great One” entered the plaza to bring the Olympic flame from the BC Place and the Olympic opening ceremonies [...]
Snowpacolypse 2010
The big snow hit DC last week. Two to three feet covered most of the region. Wandering around the mall with snow covered monuments is a remarkable sight. At one point, the Vietnam War Memorial was completely devoid of any pedestrian traffic.
Vancouver Oly Prep
Getting to Vancouver a few days before the Olympic opening ceremonies is always a busy time. Spent part of the morning running over one hundred feet of ethernet line in the rafters of the Canada Place Olympic hockey venue with my coworker Bert Hanashiro. The ethernet line will connect remote camera in the overhead catwalks [...]
The Rose Bowl
I didn’t really dawn on me until I arrived in Los Angeles for the 2010 BCS Championship game between Texas and Alabama that I have not been back on the west coast working since moving to Washington, DC in late 2008. It was like being home again. Getting to see and work alongside dozens of [...]
USA TODAY Decade In Review
Jack Gruber talks about his work from 2000-2009 at USA TODAY. A decade of photos captured by the staff highlighted in an online presentation at USA TODAY.com complete with comments from each photographer.
The complete presentation with commentary from the entire staff can be found here.
Sportsshooter Decade Collection
This photo I shot in 2004 in Afghanistan is part of a collection at Sportsshooter.com of photos and photographers talking about their most memorable photo taken in the past ten years.
A pretty remarkable collection of stories along with the incredible photography.
Obama in the Map Room
I spent the better part of a morning and afternoon this week getting up well before the HOV lanes heading into DC kicked into gear at 6:30am in order to get myself to the White House before the work day traffic hit. Working at the White House is not an everyday event for me. Just [...]
Combat Stress Therapists
Video from Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan in late October 2009 following the work of a USAF combat stress team deployed in remote area of Afghanistan. The story written by USA TODAY reporter Gregg Zoroya and video by USA TODAY photographer Jack Gruber was published in conjunction with the breaking news story from the rampage at Fort [...]
MRAP 2-87 Medic
Missions can be long. Specialist Don Ezera Cruz Plemons, a medic with the 2nd Regiment, 87th Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division spends hours inside the confines of an MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle currently deployed in Afghanistan. His role is to come to the aid of combat injured soldiers quickly via the [...]
Afghanistan Bound
For the second time in about two and a half months, I am heading back to Afghanistan. I am teaming up with USA TODAY reporter Gregg Zoroya to embed with the U.S. Army.
I really didn’t unpack completely from the last trip in August. I have been seriously meaning to pack for the past three days. [...]
Deeds
The Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia, Creigh Deeds gave a quick speech while opening his campaign office in Falls Church, Virgina on Wednesday night. Deeds is trying to win the job of Virginia governor in the November 2009 general election.
I was sent to make photos of Deeds to soon publish with a story being [...]
Iraq: Third Tour of Duty
This project published July 29, 2005 focused on Cpl. James Welter, Jr serving his third tour of duty with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in Iraq.
Supreme Court Photo Op
The Supreme Court sat for an official portrait today in the East Conference Room at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
When a new Supreme Court justice is seated on the court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and the third woman to sit on the high court, an official portrait is arranged to be taken. [...]
