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J. Miles Cary

Photographer

Originally from: Chester County, Pa.

How long at the News Sentinel and in Knoxville: Joined the News Sentinel April 11, 1979

Favorite type of camera: A Nikon.

Favorite time/location: Early morning or late afternoon.

Hobbies: Cooking and family activities.

Most memorable shot/photo assignment: Every assignment is always the most important assignment that I am going to shoot for the News Sentinel. The NEXT assignment is always going to be the best or greatest assignment. The NEXT assignment is the assignment where you can shoot a Pultizer Prize winning Photo.

Recent photos: (rss)


    An adult osprey with a young bird perches on a nest on the superstructure of the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge across Fort Loudoun Lake in Downtown Knoxville. One of the largest birds of prey in North America, the osprey eats fish almost exclusively. It is one of the most widespread species of bird in the world, found on all continents except Antarctica. Ospreys are known to build nests on manmade structures such as telephone poles, channel markers and nest platforms designed especially for that purpose.


    Grainger County farmer Zalen Williams drops off his tomatoes at Valley Produce for distribution to restaurants and produce markets. There has been an increase in demand for locally grown tomatoes because of a salmonella outbreak.


    Flowers decorate the counter in the Criminal Court Clerk’s office. The flowers are a tribute to longtime clerk of the Criminal and 4th Circuit Court Martha Phillips, who died Monday.


    Defendant George Thomas, right, appears at a hearing Wednesday before Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner at which defense attorneys and prosecutors argued a variety of motions.


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