Dec 4, 2015

Like many people I caught the photo bug in high school. The first time I developed a picture in a darkroom and saw it appear before my eyes it was like magic. And it was something I created. I’ve been hooked ever since.

: August 13, 2013 – Storm clouds form over Jewel Lake as the sun sets in Northern Idaho. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: Undated – A pack of llamas graze along a mountain side in Northern Idaho on Jewel Lake Road. One stops to check out the photographer. (photo by Robert Hamilton)

: August 8, 2014- A great blue heron looks for a morning meal in Cocolalla Slough. In the background a flock of ducks swim away. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: August 11, 2014, two fisherman get an early morning start as they set out on Cocolalla Slough to try their luck for the day. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: August 9, 2014 – Old barbwire is curled up on a fence post making for a rustic scenic along Dufort Road in Northern Idaho. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: Undated – Saplings along with a small pump house located on Jewel Lake are reflected in the water. (photo by Robert Hamilton)

: Undated – Late afternoon light brings out the texture in a birch tree located in the woods of North Idaho. (photo by Robert Hamilton)

: January 2, 2003 – A blanket of snow covers a giant willow tree in Northern Idaho. The tree is located next to the house where I grew up. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: January 2, 2013 – A flock of geese rest atop a partially frozen Jewel Lake in Northern Idaho. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: November 18, 2004 – An early winter snow storm hits Northern Idaho leaving a blanket of white next to a stream that feeds into Jewel Lake. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: August 14, 2014 – A dilapidated building stands alone in a field along Dufort Road in Northern Idaho. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: July 27, 2012 – The sun begins to rise over Jewel Lake in Northern Idaho. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: November 2, 1979 – Flight deck operations aboard the USS Eisenhower as it was heading to a port of call in Haifa, Israel. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: 1975 – The USS Blakely, a frigate, steams along side the USS John F. Kennedy. Originally classified as a destroyer escort, her primary mission was anti-submarine warfare before being decommissioned in September of 2000. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: 1979 – A lone construction worker makes his way up to the top of the Carrier Dome, a future sports complex for Syracuse University. The concrete slabs are used to support the stadium seats. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: 1981 – Aviation Officer Candidate Randal Smith experiences the shock of his first Navy haircut while attending the Aviation Officer Candidate School. A bootcamp of sorts for future Naval aviators located in Pensacola, FL. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: 1981 – While standing on a chair (not in picture) a Marine Gunnery Sergeant J. Campos requests that Aviation Officer Candidate Robert J. Muro speak a little louder to try and rattle the prospective pilot. The bootcamp-like school fulfills a vital function as it turns college graduates into disciplined military men and women capable of withstanding the rigors of flying high speed aircraft. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: January 20, 1981 – Sergeant Rod. V. Sickman waves a fist in triumph as thousands of americans line the streets of Washington DC to greet the returning hostages who were held captive by the Iranians for 444 days. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: January 20, 1981 – The Iranian hostages return to the US after 444 days in captivity to a huge welcome home crowd lining the streets in Washington DC. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: 1981 – A rainy day abstract forms as a pedestrian with an unusual umbrella walks by street lamps in Monticello Mall in downtown Providence, R.I. Robert K. Hamilton

: 1982 – While stationed in N. Virginia in the Navy, I read about a KKK rally that was going to happen in the area. As a journalist my curiosity was peaked, even though my personal beliefs run directly opposite of the Klans’. They were supposedly rallying in support of law enforcement, but from the rhetoric it was easy to see that was used as a guise. As a photojournalist I normally would frown on editorializing with images, but in this instance I could hardly help myself. So when I shot the image, I cropped out the rest of the sign and left the word “WHY?” It seemed an appropriate question. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: November 27, 1982 – Riots broke out in the streets of Washington DC in protest of a planned march by the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK was never held their march but there was some looting near Layayette Park before the police were able to dispearse the large anti-Klan crowd. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: September 13, 1980 – Professional wrestling match in Landover, MD. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: September 13, 1980 – Professional wrestling match between Hulk Hogan (standing) and Andre the Giant in Landover, MD. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: November 13, 1982 – John Hyden remembers a buddy from Vietnam while visiting the memorial on the day it opened in Washington DC. ( (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: November 13, 1982 – A Vietnam veteran spends a quiet moment with the memory of a fallen comrade at the opening of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington DC. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: October 29, 1986–Lefty Driesell, with wife Joyce, second from left, and daughters Pam and Carolyn, walk out of Cole Fieldhouse after announcing his resignation as coach of the University of Maryland basketball team. This was following the death of Len Bias the star basketball player. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: 1983 – A trouble child spends 30 minutes in the quiet room at the Johns Hopkins Child Psychiatric Ward. He has spent most of his time in principal’s offce in may public schools and has been to many public institutions. At Hopkins they hope to start him on a road to rehabilitation through the combination of psyciatric help, a specially designed drug program, discipline and love. The quiet room allows the child to blow off steam without hurting himself, and reflect on his actions. (Robert Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: March 22, 1984 – Then Mayor William Donald Schaefer watches in disgust from the Senate Gallery in Annapolis as the Senate cuts $5 Million in “Education Aid” to the city of Baltimore. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: October 12, 1994 – Baltimore firefighters battle a 3 alarm fire at an apartment building located in NW Baltimore at the intersection of Bateman Ave. and Elsinore Rd. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: May 3, 1994 – At the Baltimore City Detention Center Correctional Officer Mallory Bland, silhouetted on the left, keeps an eye on Section B of the Baltimore City Detention Center as a wheelchair bound detainee watches a TV propped on a trash can. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: October 16, 1983 – Orioles’ catcher, Rick Dempsey gets a hug in the locker room from his wife after the Orioles won the 1983 World Series. Dempsey was the MVP for the series. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: October 17, 1986 – Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was in Baltimore for a NAACP function in 1986. This picture was taken as she took a break from the crowds to rest in a side room. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: 1984 – An illustration for fashion on gold versus silver jewelry for the holidays. (Robert Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: 1985 – Fashion shoot at the B&O Railroad Museum. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: February 22, 1994 – Suit fashion for Sun Magazine. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: Undated – Supermodel Iman visit Baltimore to do a commercial shoot with a local advertising company. This was shot during a break in the ad shoot. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: 1983 – Jo Barb Bailey, a self professed nigh owl, stands outside her favorite hot spot “Club Charles.” She says, “You can find me here almost every night. I like the people. They’re crazy like me.” (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: November 15, 2000–Photo illustration for the 2000-2001 college basketball preview section. Portrait of the Maryland Men’s basketball team, (photo by Gene Sweeney, Jr./Illustration by Robert K. Hamilton)

: October 6, 1994 – Photo illustration done is the style of Andy Warhol of Brenda Richardson, Deputy Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art. She’s the driving force behind the new installation of the Modern Art Wing of the BMA, whose star attraction is an exhibit of Andy Warhol art. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: October 6, 2012 – A fisherman gets an early start as he sets out at sunrise on Liberty Reservoir. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: 1984 – Members of the University of Maryland’s womens rugby club blindly collide with George Mason University’s rugby club. With eyes closed they all search blindly for the ball. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: June 27, 1995–Scene of a triple fatal fire in the 2000 block of Frames Rd. Amanda Noppenberger, 13, (right) comforts her friend Erika Gittings, 10, who thinks her best friend died in the fire. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: September 14, 2012 – A Great Blue Heron stands on the shores of Liberty Reservoir on a foggy morning as traffic passes by on the Liberty Road bridge between Carroll and Howard County. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: October 19, 1994 – Willie Ellerbee, of Baltimore City, appears to be wetting a line in a fire storm, Tuesday evening as the fall foliage reflects in the waters of Liberty Reservoir at the Carroll/Baltimore County line. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: November 8, 1994 – Police pursue a suspect in the shooting of another police officer at intersection of Mulberry and Franklintown Rd. in West Baltimore. The suspect fled to rooftops along Mulberry St. where cops cornered him. The subject was shot, unsure if the wound was self inflicted or by police. He was lowered from the rooftop by EMT and the fire department and rushed to an ambulance. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: June 1985 – Kenneth Stethem, left, and his sister Sherry Sierralta, far right take comfort from loved ones as their slain brother, Robert, is brought home to Andrews AFB. Robert was killed by terrorists that hiacked TWA flight 847 in Athens Greece. Robert was the only hostage killed. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: October 17, 1994 – A lone duck swimming through algae covered waters making for an eerie looking design on Centennial Lake in Howard County. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: October 27, 2015 – Two fishermann try their luck on Liberty Reservoir as the fall foliage reaches it’s peak colors. (Robert Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: December 7, 1994 – John Miller, 75, of Carney, Md., wipes a tear away from his cheek during a ceremony aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Roger B. Taney, the last active ship that participated in the battle at Pearl Harbor in 1941. Mr. Miller was one of the survivors of the battle that participated in the Inner Harbor ceremony along with family members of survivors. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: May 1985 – The plebe class of 1988, in a demonstration that is supposed to show class unity and teamwork, attempt to climb a monument covered in grease using only their shipmates as a ladder. It took them over three hours to make the climb and exchange a plebe cap for a midshipman’s hat. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: April 17, 1996 – Mary Bo Peep, a rather drab looking brood mare at Liberty Run Farms, keeps turning out high-class racehorses. Her latest foal emerges at around 2am still struggling to get free. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: May 9, 1995 – Peregrine falcons nesting on the 33rd floor ledge of the USF&G building in Baltimore have hatched 3 of 5 eggs laid earlier this spring, completing one of Baltimore’s rites of spring. Beauregard, the male, stands guard over the nest while mother Felicity stretches her wings. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: May 16, 2015 – Race goers cheer and try to stay dry during the 140th running of the Preakness Race. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: May 11, 1994 – World class bodybuilder Kevin Levrone, of Glen Burnie strikes a pose. He recently won a world competition. He is doing one of his two daily workouts at Powerhouse Gym in Linthicum. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: January 7, 1994 – A Baltimore City firefighter waits for the water to be turned on the hose he is carrying as he battles a 3-alarm fatal fire at 1305 N. Charles St. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: January 31, 1995 – Many repairs on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge are done in the winter, when traffic is light. Crews do everything from repairing potholes to replacing navigational lightbulbs. Dino Marzola walks along the cable leading to the top of the tower, 186.5 feet above the water. He is returning from changing a navigational light on top the tower. Down below a tug pulls a garbage barge underneath the bridge. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: 1986 – A child waits for his meal at a feeding station in central Ethiopia. (Robert Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: 1986 – Help comes slowly to the starving people of Ethiopia. Food trickles in from the Port of Assabb, but for many it may be too late. This mother hopes that the medicine has not arrived too late for her baby. (Robert Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: 1986 – Five-month-old Kenneth Mashuka is suffering from severe malnutrition. He holds onto his grandfather’s finger. (Robert Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: 1983 – At the pediatric ward in the Mvume mission hospital in Tanzania, Francis Chimenga, 6, sits on his bed. He is suffer from a digestive problem stemming from malnutrition. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: August 12, 1983 – Baltimore bred Cab Calloway’s career took him from the Druid Hill Park neighborhood to the glittering heights of the Big Band era. He starred on Broadway and in the movies. Here he sings “Minnie The Moucher” one of his biggest hits at the Eubie Blake Jazz Festival, held at the Pavilion on Pier Six. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: September 11, 2011- During pre-game ceremonies commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attack on the United States on September 11, 2001 a giant flag is unfurled for the playing of the national anthem. Baltimore Ravens vs the Pittsburgh Steelers in the opening day of NFL football in Baltimore. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

: November 11, 2004 – A rainbow appears over a field of grape vines in the Russian River Valley in California. In late autumn the leaves change to a beautiful array of colors. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: November 11, 2004 – The vines in the Russian River Valley in California change to a beautiful array of colors in late fall. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: October 8, 2013 – Grapes sit on the vines at a vineyard in Sonoma, CA. The change in season turns the leaves bright colors. (photo by Robert K. Hamilton)

: 7/19/09 – The 2009 Otakon convention, celebrating Japanese animation, was held in Baltimore this weekend. Matthew Miklos of Stanford CT, whose character is called “21,” catches a smoke outside the Convention Center. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/15/11 – Ernie Tyler Jr., the son of Ernie Tyler, kisses the casket of his father one last time at the Bel Air Memorial Gardens. Funeral liturgy and interment for longtime Orioles umpires’ assistant Ernie Tyler, who died Friday at age 86. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: 1/22/14 – Veronica (on top) held onto her sister Christina Schweitzer as they sledded at CCBC-Catonsville, but the cold weather made it hard to stay outside for long. The Schweitzer sisters are from Catonsville. (Amy Davis /Baltimore Sun)

: 3/10/11 – Police position themselves in the alley behind a house in the 1200 block of Lombard during a raid in March. More than 30 people were arrested in connection with a large-scale heroin and marijuana operation. Of those taken into custody was Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, the actress who played “Snoop” in “The Wire” TV show. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: 09/02/07–Haitians desperate for medical aid try to get the attention of anyone who can help them or get them in to see a doctor. U.S. Naval Hospital Ship, Comfort, based in Baltimore, Maryland deployed to Central and South American on a medical humanitarian mission, including a week stay in Haiti. (Monica Lopossay/Baltimore Sun)

: 12/7/08 – Ravens #36 Jim Leonhard and #52 Ray Lewis sack Redskins quarterback #17 Jason Campbell in the first quarter. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: 7/15/15 – Airene Miller, mother of shooting victim Terron Singleton, is comforted by a relative as she and her son Damion Williams, 10, left, grieve with family over the death of the 16 year-old. They are on a Spaulding Avenue front porch. Terron Singleton was killed in a quadruple shooting in the 3500 block of West Garrison Avenue. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/24/10 – Kindergarten friends Susej Bayton, left, and Isaiah Foreman stand in the first floor hallway of St. Ambrose School. Archdiocese of Baltimore plans to consolidate area schools. (Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun)

: 09/01/2013 – Ryan Hunter-Reay heads down Conway out of turn 4 during the Grand Prix of Baltimore. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/3/12 – The sun rises over the bay silhouetting the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Ray Lewis celebrates after Ravens win Super Bowl XX in Tampa Bay, Florida. (Gene Sweeney, Jr./Baltimore Sun)

: 4/4/06 – All Tournament and Team Most Outstanding Player Laura Harper (top) hugs teammate Marissa Coleman after evening the score and securing overtime before winning the Championship. Teammate Jade Perry reacts at right. Maryland Terps defeated Duke 78-75 in overtime for the NCAA National Championship at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. (Elizabeth Malby/Baltimore Sun)

: 7/29/07 – Cal Ripken Jr’s. is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his speech Cal looked down to slightly hide his emotion from the television cameras and started wiping a few tears from his eyes. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/17/96 – Investigators look for clues among the wrecked Amtrak and MARC cars. The car with the side stripped away (center left) is the MARC car where several passengers were killed. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: 10/03/2014 – Plate umpire Scott Barry signals the call as Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila flops in vain to tag Baltimore Orioles’ J.J. Hardy (right) who slides safely at home plate with the go-ahead run as the team and fans erupt in the eighth inning during game two of the ALDS at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)

: 4/26/08 – Foiled Again, with Shane Burke aboard, clears the third jump during the 112th running of the Maryland Hunt Cup Saturday in Gyndon. Charles Fenwick III takes home the top prize aboard Askim. (Doug Kapustin/Baltimore Sun)

: 1/20/13 – Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh gets spray with champagne after winning AFC Championship in the locker room. The Ravens defeated the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game to advance to the Super Bowl. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: 10/4/13 – Erika Brannock, who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing, tries her new prosthetic leg for the first time today at Dankmeyer Orthotics and Prosthetics. Here, she gets emotional as she gets ready to stand on the new leg for the first time. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: 5/25/14-The University of Maryland won 15-12 against Syracuse University in the women’s lacrosse national championship held at Towson University John Unitas Stadium. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: 9/08/2012 – Wearing the Ravens colors at the family’s request, a stream of fans wait in line to pay respects at a public viewing of Art Modell, the onetime owner of the Baltimore Ravens, as he lies in a closed casket at the center of the field at the Ravens’ stadium. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: 8/28/11 – Hilton Hotel workers retrieve pool chairs and recliners from the hotel pool following Hurricane Irene as life in Ocean City, MD, begins to return to normal. The pool furniture was placed in the pool to prevent them from being swept away by hurricane-force winds as the community begins returning to normal daily life following the overnight impact of Hurricane Irene in August. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/10/10 – High winds whip snow off roofs on Park Ave. in Baltimore City during the second major snow storm in a week. (Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun)

: 11/3/13 – Mt De Sales celebrates their win with the tie-breaking goal by #15 Mary Kate Halligan as dejected Maryvale players sit nearby. The IAAM Field Hockey B-Conference Championship between Mount De Sales and Maryvale was won by Mt. De Sales, 3-2 in the second sudden death OT. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: 10/26/98 – First day of Boot Camp at the Savage Leadership Challenge facility. James Phelps, 17, experiences Induction Day with the help of three Tactical Officers shortly after getting off the bus to boot camp. The TACS were making sure he understood the importance of using “Sir!” whenever he spoke. (Andre F. Chung/Baltimore Sun)

: 5/10/00 – Wilhelmina Godwin, 91, known as Miss Willie, who retired this year after about 35 years as guardian of the cupcakes and other sweets in The Woman’s Industrial Exchange consignment shop. This portrait was made as she awaited a ride home after another working day. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: 7/28/11- Baltimore Ravens football head coach John Harbaugh, right, demonstrates the intensity he wanted with player Davon Drew during rushing drill. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: 8/28/13 – Two young women mourn at the wreath laying ceremony in front of the Police Officer monument at the Baltimore County Circuit Courthouse in honor of Police Officer First Class Jason Schneider who was killed today in Catonsville while serving a warrant. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: 7/3/0 – 5 year-old Lawrence Asiedu gives it his all as he and classmates participate in a game of tug-of-war during a physical exercise class taught by Marwa Ibrahim. County Head Start operates a summer program for six weeks that serves 144 pre-school kids. (Monica Lopossay/Baltimore Sun)

: 5/1/09 – Summer Matthews waits for a less than enthused Dylan Henderson to get in the mood to have his picture taken at the booth for Shelly’s Blossom Shop at the Flowermart. (Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun)

: 10/8/95 – Pope John Paul II prays at the Basilica of the Assumption during a visit to Baltimore in 1995. America’s first cathedral was designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe, the architect of the U. S. Capitol. (Chiaki Kawajiri/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/20/02 – Jim Shea could not be contained after he won the gold medal in the Skeleton competition in Park City, Utah in the Winter Olympics. He just lost his grandfather who was also a medalist in speedskating. (Gene Sweeney, Jr./Baltimore Sun)

: 9/17/07 – Jean Pula, left, confronts an unidentified scavenger who claimed he thought that Pula’s belongings on the street were free for the taking. She told him the mirror was for sale, and not free. He walked away. Pula was evicted today from a rownhouse owned by her sister in the 3000 block of Eastern Avenue, for failure to pay $1,700 in past taxes and water bills, a debt which ballooned to almost $11,000 with penalties. She can’t bring herself to tell her sister, who lives out-of-state, that she has lost the house, despite extenuating personal circumstances, which included the death of her husband in March. As her belongings almost filled the length of her block in the Hampstead Hill neighborhood, she was selling items to passers-by, and trying to prevent scavenging while friends were helping her load her most valued personal belongings into a U-Haul truck. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/22/13 -L-R Cody Cordero is hit by fellow midshipman Anthony Alexander in the 185 pound weight class. The United States Naval Academy holds its 72nd annual Brigade Boxing Championships held at Alumni Hall. As part of the academy’s physical education all midshipmen are required to participate in boxing. Boxing is also offered as a club sport. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: 12/8/2004 – R.J. prays for lots of things, his family, all the other sick children, but most importantly for him, after losing most of his hearing andability to speak, not to lose his eyesight. R.J. knew if he lost his vision there was no way he could become a cancer doctor and help other like himself.The tragic story of Ronald Joseph Frank Voigt, know as R.J. who died from cancer at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. The story centers around children who are terminally ill and how institutions such as Hopkins grapple with how to make the child’s final journey better. (Monica Lopossay/Baltimore Sun)

: 9/8/07 – This image shot by former Sun staff photographer Elizabeth Malby was taken on her 2nd trip to Iraq. She wrote about the picture, “In many ways, this image at a random checkpoint is representative of the absence of clarity our troops are facing on a daily basis. In an environment where sandstorms rage, economics cloud and politics persuade, it is soldiers that must discern friend from foe. (Elizabeth Malby/Baltimore Sun)

: 3/27/14– Members of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), from left, Colleen Ryan, of Texas, Dan Whisnant, of Michigan, and Caire Lawless, of New York, comfort each other with an embrace among a field of American flags. Members of AVA planted 1892 American flags on the National Mall to commemorate the estimated number of veteran who has committed suicide so far this year. The VA estimates that 22 veterans commit suicide every day. IAVA members planted the flags and met with lawmakers at the Capital as part of IAVA’s “Storm the Hill” campaign. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: 4/25/15 – Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray becomes violent. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: 04/26/2014 – Chris Beal (green trunks) reacts after knocking out Patrick Williams (white trunks) during UFC 172, in its inaugural at Baltimore Arena. Beal won by a vicious knockout. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: 10/20/10 – Baltimore city police officers comfort each other near the accident scene on route 40 eastbound in West Baltimore involving a city police car and a city fire engine. A Baltimore police officer died and four firefighters were taken to a local hospital Wednesday after the officer’s car rear-ended a parked fire engine on U.S. 40, officials said. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: 5/17/91 – At Eastern District Police Headquarters, a boy, age 10, was arrested for holding up a 9 year old boy with a .22 caliber revolver to get a beanie cap (both pictured at left). He was in handcuffs at the station, waiting to be taken home by his mother. The arresting officer was Edward Wojcik. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: 11/21/08 -In driving snow showers Friday, eleven work boats clean and prepare oyster sanctuary bars in the Severn River for baby oyster (spat) spring plantings. The watermen, impacted by the beleaguered Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery, were hired as part of Governor Martin OMalleys economic mitigation work projects. (Doug Kapustin/Baltimore Sun)

: 10/27/09 – A rally in support of the giant Pink Flamingo that sits in front of Cafe Hon was held at City Hall. The plastic flamingos were placed in the front lawn as a prop for the rally. The owner of Cafe Hon removed the flamingo from atop of her restaurant after the city wanted to charge her an $800 fee for having it there. The flamingo had already been there for eight years. (Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/3/13 – Baltimore Ravens Jacoby Jones (#12) celebrates with teammates in the endzone after a record setting 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to open the second half of the Baltimore Ravens vs. the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: 1/6/13 – Ray Lewis performing his dance for perhaps the last time. Playoff game action between the Indianapolis Colts and the Baltimore Ravens. (Gene Sweeney Jr./ Baltimore Sun)

: 9/9/08 – Fire at the YMCA playground on 33rd Street and Ellerslie Ave. A Baltimore City firefighter takes a breather as he leans against the playground fence. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: 9/6/12 – Kyron Curry, 10, wears headgear with a flag motif. The words “Mass Destruction 9/11/2001” accompanies an image of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Curry was born on that day. Curry trains in the ring of the UMAR Boxing Program, Inc. on North Avenue. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: 9/6/95 Cal Ripken bites his lip as he gets emotional during the festivities celebrating his 2131 consecutive game when the game became official. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: 6/21/07–Sharon Williams, 45, West Baltimore, sits on a mattress in a filthy, abandoned rowhouse after shooting heroin. She gets high here and this is where she sometimes sleeps. Williams has been addicted to heroin and cocaine for more than 25 years and sells sex for money to pay for her habit and other necessities. She was diagnosed as HIV positive a dozen years ago. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: 8/27/12 – Jaedyn Fitt, 4, clings to her father, Justin Fitt, during a opening ceremonies of the new school year and new school building at Leith Walk Elementary. Justin says his pre-k daughter “Just doesn’t want me to leave.” (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: 4/27/15 – A protester rides his bike in front of a police line at North and Pennsylvania Avenues on the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral. Riots and looting broke out throughout the city. Gray died in police custody on April 19th. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore-Sun)

: 10/2/06 – An Amish man is pictured infront of the Nickel Mines Amish School where several people were killed today after a gunman shot and killed a few children in the school. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: 8/12/08 – Morris Martick, legendary chef-owner or a Baltimore landmark restaurant, says he is closing the doors, after 38 years. He is 86 years old and had enough. (Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun)

: 3/18/15 – Lauren and Joe Wilusz share a kiss as they bond with their new daughter, Katie, in the operating room at Anne Arundel Medical Center this afternoon. Kathryn Marie Wilusz was born in a scheduled C-Section at 11:14 a.m. at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The family participated in the hospital’s new family-centered C-section program. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: 10/10/96 – Orioles right fielder Tony Tarasco jumps to make a catch when fan Jeffrey Maier, 12, scoops the ball into his own glove, robbing Tarasco of catching the Derrick Jeter hit, which was ruled a home run by the umpire. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: 10/21/10 – One of two remaining cemeteries on Holland Island. A third has disappeared under the Chesapeake Bay. The last house on the island has collapsed after strong winds last weekend brought it down, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.(Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: 11/09/2005 – Vermella Williams kisses Jerria Raye, 5 as she had her hair braided by Tiona Smith 17 at the 1700 block North Bradford Street (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/27/13 – Baltimore Sun magazine fashion shoot at the Friary in Arnold,MD. The shoot was title film noir. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: 6/14/14 – From left, Tabitha Gladfelter talks on the phone with her mom about how her daughter, Brianna Shirey, 4, both of Hampden, Baltimore, won the “Miss Honette Contest.” (Rachel Woolf/Baltimore Sun)

: 9/9/09 – Students at McDonough school pick pumpkins from their community vegetable garden. Here, fifth grader Riley Bakewell carries a pumpkin. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: 3/15/13 – Left to right: Sylvester and Vicki Schieber, whose daughter Shannon was murdered; Kirk Bloodsworth, who spent several years on death row for a crime he did not commit, and NAACP President Ben Jealous celebrate the passage of SB276, which repeals the death penalty bill in Maryland. All fought hard for the bill and are celebrating its passage this afternoon in the House of Delegates. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: 8/2/95 -J ohn Hudson looks out from his truck at one of his younger customers John Boias, 3, of Meadowood Townhomes in Edgewood, who had to deal with a rapidly melting fudgsicle. Beth Boias(John’s mother) said that after the Good Humor ice cream truck it’s usually time for a shower for the youngster. Because a lot of customers run to the truck barefoot, “Mr. John” will often put down a towel for them to get off the hot pavement, or pull close to the grass. (Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun)

: 9/4/15 – Franchon Crews was an alternate for the 2012 women’s Olympic boxing team in London. She has hopes of making the U.S. boxing team for 2016. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: 2/11/10 – Rebecca Girvin leans out the second floor window of her home in the 700 block of East Lake Avenue in the Lake-Walker neighborhood to push snow off her front porch roof. She had trouble extending the broom far enough to push the snow over the edge of the roof. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: 5/18/97 – Tuskegee Syphillis experiment survivor Herman Shaw, on right, walks on his land, hand in hand with his lawyer, Fred Gray, left, in Tuskegee, AL. The tractor that’s visible on the far right is a 1941 model that Mr. Shaw keeps running. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Robert Hamilton

Robert K. Hamilton, Baltimore Sun

I grew up in a very pristine area in the northern panhandle of Idaho. I refer to it as God’s country. My home was set in semi-mountainous area located on Jewel Lake Road. Jewel Lake was located a short walking distance away and I spent my summers swimming and fishing there. As I got into photography, I started photographing the lake and surrounding area and continue to do so to this day. It has become my creative muse. Whenever I need to jump-start my juices, a trip home is the ticket.

Out of high school I enlisted in the Navy and became a Photographer’s Mate. Though I originally signed up for 4 years, I ended up staying in for nearly ten. That’s because I was having a great time and learning a lot about photography. Also, just like out of the recruitment posters, I was getting to travel and see the world. I visited so many countries it would take too long to list them. I saw most of Europe, a good deal of the Middle East and a few others to boot.

But it was time to join the civilian world, so I got out and one week later I interviewed at The Baltimore Sun for a staff photographer’s position and got the job. I’ve been here ever since. Five years as a staff photographer, then as assistant director of photography, deputy director of photography and finally director of photography, my current position.

After 32 years at The Sun I am stepping down from my position. I’ve had 45 wonderful years in photography and I will not stop taking pictures. Photography is not what I do, it’s who I am – after all I’m hooked!

My 45-year journey through photography

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