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Aerial Combat Photojournalist, US Air Force, Stacy Pearsall joins host Scott Sheppard to discuss what it takes to become the only woman to receive the highest honor of being named "Military Photographer of the Year", twice. Stacy shares how she began her 10+ year military career and the type of testing and training it took for her to get into this exciting field of photography. With a dream of traveling the world and going to a fine art school, coming from a military family, Stacy took advantage of the various programs available by joining the Air Force. Now, both her and her husband Master Sergeant Andy Dunaway are both aerial combat photojournalists with the 1st Combat Camera Squadron based in Charleston, SC.

While on active duty, Stacy is assigned the task of documenting personnel activities during combat operations, humanitarian relief, training and other day to day activities. Her images are used by senior military leaders, including the President, abreast of overall field activities. Stacy discusses the equipment she uses, currently shooting a Nikon D3, her workflow, and how she sets up her images for instant transfer back to Pentagon and other military image servers that include http://www.defenseimagery.mil/, where press / media outlets can obtain some of her current images.

Stacy also shares some insight and stories about her team, her assignments, and tips on how she carries her gear and keeps her equipment in top shape in the field under some of the harshest conditions. She shares anecdotes of how her skills have evolved into being able to drive a tank, remain armed with other soldiers, all the while keeping her camera close to capture the action from the front lines. Although she admits to not having the easiest job in the world, she feels it has been very rewarding and that her experience with the USAF has been very positive.

You can contact her and find out more information about Stacy and her husband at her personal blog and website: www.f8pj.com. She also shares some of her pictorials and portrait work in galleries on the site.

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Gary Marlon Suson, Founder of Ground Zero Museum Workshop and Official Photographer at Ground Zero, designated by Uniformed Firefighters Association/Uniformed Fire Officers Association to document the recovery efforts of our nations greatest tragedy - the September 11 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center. He was appointed by UFA Manhattan Trustee Rudy Sanfilippo and
his work overseen by FDNY Chief of Department Daniel Nigro. Marlon joins host Scott Sheppard to share the details of his experience on this 6-month project.

He discusses the equipment used to capture the stills, primarily shot on sepia film using a Mamiya camera which he felt most accurately reflected the mood of the scene. Using his own resources, and support from Mamiya and Fotocare - who provided equipment and supplies - allowed him to continue documenting the project through mid 2002.

In 2005, Marlon opened the Ground Zero Museum Workshop in NYC’s Meat Packing District. The Museum was just ranked the # 4 Most Popular Attraction in New York City by the highly regarded travel website, on TripAdvisor.com. The New York Historical Society featured several exhibits that are also on display, including "9/11: Loss and Remembrance" featuring the "Band of Dads", which depicts images of FDNY firefighters who were onsite looking for their brothers and sons that were lost in the remains.

Marlon originally came to New York City as an aspiring theater actor, but had already won some national photography awards while a student. He explains how his desire, as that of many NYC natives, to help rebuild and recover led him to working closely with the UFA and NYC Firefighters who allowed him full access to all areas of Ground Zero and was ultimately named an Honorary Battalion Chief, FDNY.

Rather than focus his current efforts on photography, Marlon Suson returned to theater and is now working on an Off-Broadway play project, "American Brother" currently in development. The story revolves around an FDNY firefighter searching at WTC for his missing NYPD brother and his bond with a WTC Chaplain. The entire play is set at Ground Zero on Christmas Eve, 2001.

Full details of Marlon’s work and the Ground Zero Museum Workshop can be found at: http://www.groundzeromuseumworkshop.com/ or on his original site http://www.septembereleven.net/

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