David Degner

Origional story written by Rachael Moeller Gorman for Smithsonian Magazine In an innovative and environmentally friendly approach, dairy farmers in the United States are turning cow manure into a valuable and lucrative resource.

Farmers and gardeners can testify to how the Asian jumping worm, also known as the crazy worm or Alabama jumper, has the ability to change soil properties, and it is not only invasive but also poses a significant threat to the ecosystem.

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Governor Ron DeSantis and several Republican presidential candidates have commenced their campaign trail in New Hampshire.

Fun update: I also photographed and filmed Will Hurd as he watched the first Republican Presidential Primary Debate, for Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/24/will-hurd-republican-debate-00112727 Originally published in the New York…

A working list · Updated August 2026 When I’m already booked, or when I’m the wrong person for the job, I send clients to this page.

I love doing assignments at MIT because there are always interesting stories that come out of their labs and the personalities that they attract.

I’m a Boston based photographer with a fascination for pigeons.

Inspired by Amanda Mustard’s list of helpful tools, I compiled my list of things that make my life easier as a freelance photojournalist.

Written By: Jamie Furniss / Photos By: David Degner ‘Can you take a picture of me here, with the two mountains in the background?’

Photos shot for the Washington Post: Story / Slideshow “A powerful blizzard unleashed driving snow and punishing winds as it moved up the Northeast coast on Saturday, crippling transportation and leaving more than 100,000 people without power.”

Colonists displaced the Mohicans from their homeland in the 1780s.

While researching Boston’s bike culture I noticed different worlds.

I loved working on this article.

Wear clothes that make you comfortable.

As Hurricane Henri approached New England the Washington Post put me on to cover it’s landfall.

A show of force is a military operation intended to warn or intimidate.

Adventure photography and Lifestyle photography are rarely easy, and they are tough to do well.

for the New York Times Sunday Business A portrait of Kat Gregor, a tax litigator at the law firm Ropes & Gray in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

The numbers began ticking up in September.

Downtown Boston, the heart of New England’s largest city typically pulses with office workers, tourists and shoppers.

As an industrial photographer around Boston and New York, I work with companies to show what they make—and how they make it.

The Coast Guard offered me an embed in an icebreaker in Maine, and I always enjoy new experiences, so I took them up on it.

So it took four years, but Apple will finally allow customization of the camera button in iOS 18!

I am a passionate photographer of companies that are part of the science and research ecosystem.

A video of the latest research by Peter Florence, Lucas Manuelli, Russ Tedrake of MIT’s CSAIL lab.

For over a decade, I have integrated video into journalistic stories and commercial projects.

WordPress was originally designed for text blogs running on resource constrained servers, but it has made a lot of progress and with WordPress 6.5 it works well for photography portfolios.

Published in the Wall Street Journal New rules from the Trump administration restricting skilled foreign workers are unnerving U.S. startup hubs, as founders and investors say the limitations will hamstring their ability to recruit top-tier talent to grow…

Physical Education class has been reorganized around no-contact sports.

In 2007 I was photographing for a month in Clarksdale, Mississippi and ran across this set of tags on the side of trains that were pulled off the main track.

There has been a surge of high-quality photographers in Egypt, and many share their work on Instagram.

Chelsea, Massachusetts was designated as a Covid-19 hotspot with the highest infection ratio in the state.

A video produced for Julie Shah’s team and their study of a contact tracing app, Proximity Pilot.

Al-Ha’ir Prison and The Prince Mohammed bin Nayef Center are two of Saudi Arabia’s five facilities holding its more than 5,000 inmates charged with terrorism-related offenses.

The Sinai Trail has been in development since 2014 and is now ready to walk.

“Pigeons are rats with wings” is a common sentiment in the US but, to the pigeon fanciers of Cairo, they are an art form.

As a portrait photographer based in Boston and New York, I visually introduce my audience to the story’s protagonists.

Through the warren of Cairo’s unplanned neighborhoods, mahraganat (festival) music blasts from tuk-tuks, cigarette stalls and cranked up cellphone speakers; auto-tuned voices mixing with heavy electronic rap beats.

Fifth generation Mainer lobsterman Kelly Wallace, 28, is scared.

While working on news stories in Egypt I heard other stories of modern miracles that intrigued me, so I started keeping a list.

Awadiya Mahmoud hands out free tea to protesters on May 03, 2019 in Khartoum, Sudan.

Update: Since writing this app in 2020 a lot has changed.

One of the many Ramadan traditions, especially in Egypt, is Ramadan lanterns.

Karnak Temple in Egypt was built over 4,000 years ago and was aligned with the winter solstice.

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A portrait in the office of Professor Ali Mohamed Zaki in his office in Cairo, Egypt on March 15 .

When President Morsy was removed from office by a military Junta thousands joined a month long sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya.

As their month long sit-in continues, a woman prays alone in the Oumran Garden in Cairo, Egypt on August 03.

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