Elizabeth Conley

Elizabeth Conley

24 Posts

2010 Michigan Press Photographer of the year. I've been a photojournalist at The Detroit News since 2003. Prior to that, I worked at a few smaller papers around the state and feel like every high school state tournament is a walk down memory lane. When I'm not working, you can find me using film cameras, enjoying Michigan's outdoors (and no, that's not sarcasm), traveling or making a mess in my kitchen.

Why Helping Hands matters.

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This is Miles. He’s 22 months old. His mother left him with her mother along with his 3-month-old sister. His father was one of the many Detroit murder victims in July this year. Their rented house in Detroit is clean and sparsly furnished. There is a Christmas tree, but no gifts. Their car, which needs … Continue Reading →

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Birds

Birds take flight from a tree at Fort Michilimackinac State Historic Park. I actually was trying to photograph the bridge, but this is my favorite photo.

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Mackinac Bridge in fog

I’ve crossed many bridges in my life, figuratively and literally, but the one that always gets me is the Mackinac Bridge. I think it has to do with when some tragic anomaly happens at a certain age in your life to a stranger, it becomes one of your crazy fears. So it goes with me … Continue Reading →

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Happy Valentine's Day

I’ve been overwhelming my co-workers with photos and stories of Stella, my newly-adopted dog. I promised myself I would only blog one photo of her. She’s two years old, and probably the best dog ever adopted, (especially since she lets me dress her up and photograph her at will). So, with all this feeling of … Continue Reading →

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Close encounter

A camper enjoys his dinner oblivious that he’s under the eye of a buffalo at Sage Creek Rustic Campground in South Dakota on Tuesday, July 5, 2005. After shooting this photo in the Badlands, I talked to the camper and asked if he wanted a copy showing how close he was to the buffalo. His … Continue Reading →

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Wilco

Members of the Chicago-based band Wilco perform Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at Meadow Brook Music Festival in Rochester Hills, Mich.

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fashion statement

Arnee Johnson models an outfit designed by Tazia Wade, an International Academy graduate, during a fashion dress rehearsal at the Detroit Institute of Art. The sexy outfit, mostly made of denim, was lined with a ribbon stating “I am the way, the truth and the light”. I’m a big fan of mix messages.

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electric conductor

Conductor Stefan Lano is a blur as he conducts the dress rehearsal of Margaret Garner on Sunday, May 1, 2005. The world premier of the opera, will be held in Detroit on May 7. Sometimes not being able to use a flash in a theater can be a good thing.