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James Buck
James Buck is a multimedia journalist for Seven Days.
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Backstory: Scariest Encounter
I've been detained and threatened with arrest twice in my 20-year career as a photographer: first, by regime thugs while I was shooting revolutionary protests in Egypt; second, trying to photograph a train for Seven Days. Wielding a camera can be dangerous. When I work in conflict zones, I feel a cautionary dread. That anxiety sometimes spills over when I shoot in "safe" places, too, because my nervous system doesn't know the difference.
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Slideshow: Winter Was a Drag Ball 2022
Drag Ball in May? And a 90-degree May at that?! Postponed from a COVID-challenged February, the 27th annual Winter is a Drag Ball inspired angels, devils, sea monsters and plenty of cow-boiz in chaps. Photographer James Buck was there to capture the heels and hilarity. For more about the history of Drag Ball in Vermont, read the 2015 story and watch a slideshow depicting 20 years of this legendary Vermont party.
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‘We’re Nobodies’: Residents Describe Life at Burlington’s Notorious Homeless Encampment
Photojournalist James Buck spent much of the last week with residents at the Sears Lane homeless encampment in Burlington ahead of Tuesday's scheduled eviction.…
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Backstory: Fieriest Backlash
This "backstory" is a part of a collection of articles that describes some of the obstacles that Seven Days reporters faced while pursuing Vermont…
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Arts + Culture
Marduk and Me: Joshua Nye and His Giant Robot
When Joshua Nye started building giant robots, he had no idea the world would soon plunge into disease and civil unrest.
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Thousands of Vermonters Flock to Food Distribution in Middlebury
Updated at 5:18 p.m. Another food giveaway — this time at the Middlebury State Airport — drew thousands of Vermonters who lined the approaching…
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Slideshow: Essential Vermont Workers Getting Stuff Done
As a photojournalist, my job is to get face-to-face with people to capture their images. During the pandemic, as public places are closed and people…
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Arts + Culture
Slideshow: Drag Ball 2020
Higher Ground got a little bit shinier last Saturday during the "Silver Jubilee"-themed 25th annual Winter Is a Drag Ball. Party hostesses from the…
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