Diabetes type 1 for the New York Times

A few weeks ago I did a gig for the New York Times, which ran last Sunday April 6th.  It is a sprawling piece about the increasing cost of health care technology and medicine for the chronically ill.  For my part I was lucky enough to photograph a wonderful family in Oakland, who have a daughter with Diabetes Type 1.  You can read the excellent story by reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal here.

Below is the full-frame version of the shot that ran, and an outtake.  Thanks to Gabrielle, her family and Beth at the Times. 

The insulin pumps Gabrielle Woodland and others use for Type 1 diabetes are efficient, but expensive.CreditNathan Weyland for The New York Times

Gabrielle tests her blood sugar level with a glucose reader.  Photo by Nathan Weyland

Update, resurection

Sorry for the extended absence.  I'm back in the Bay Area, now in Oakland and loving it.  To catch up visually, check out www.weylandphoto.com.

Rather than mourn over lost time, lets just get down to business.  Here are just a couple images from my time away from the blog.  We're back, baby. 

Memories of Yuba / Recuerdos de Yuba

Apologies for the prolonged absence, but a lot has happened since the last post. I've moved out of the Yuba/Sutter counties and returned to the Bay Area, this time Oakland. Although I love it here and am happy to be back, I do miss the unique culture and open space of the north valley. Here are a few portraits from my last couple months.

New work, from the new hood, coming....

Discúlpame por la ausencia prolongada, pero ocurió mucho hasta el proximo post. Mové afuera de las condidads de Yuba-Suter y volví a la area valle, este vez Oakland. Aunque me encanta aquí y me hace feliz volver, echo de menos la cultura unica y plano campo del valle central norte. Aqui estan unos retratos de mis meses finales.

Trabajo nuevo, del bario nuevo, viene....

Picturing water management in California / Tema fotografica: Manejando agua en California

A few frames from my ongoing look at the struggles to transport, allocate and conserve water in our desert state.

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Unas cuadras de mi mirada continua a la lucha para transportar, asignar y conservar agua en nuestro estado desierto.




Englebright dam is uniquely designed to spill over during heavy flows. It is rare that it occur so early in the year, however. /// Presa de Englebrigh tiene un diseño unico que se permite desbordar durante lluvias pesas. Aunque es raro ocurrir tan temprano en el año.





Scientists look for salmon carcasses in the Yuba River to help determine population. The fish die after spawning in the late fall. /// Científicos buscan cuerpos de salmón para determinar poblaciones en el Rio Yuba. Mueren los Salmón despues que se desovan en los fines de Autumno.

Surviving // Sobreviviendo

For the past six months I've been following Lydia through her treatment and surgery for stage II breast cancer. She has finished chemotherapy treatment and is doing well, awaiting some physical reconstruction surgery. Below is a frame of her cheering on her son at his High School soccer game a few days ago.

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Hace las seis meses pasadas he seguido Lydia durante su tratamiento y cirugía para el cancer de mama. Cumplió ella la quimioterapia y esta haciendo muy bien, todavia espera cirugía reconstrucíon física. Debajo es una foto de ella ayudando al equipo de su hijo durante su partido de fútbol en su secundaria hace unas días.

Scenes from a hunt // Escenas de una cacería

The Sutter County pheasant hunt for Juniors and Women, October 30.

Portraits to come soon.


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La cacería de faisán del condado de Sutter, para mujeres y juveniles.

Retratos vienen ahorita.

Rice harvest /// Cosecha de arroz

It's harvest time in the Central Valley, and in my area one major crop is rice. Here are a few outtakes from an assignment I did for Comstock's Magazine on Charlie Mathews' harvest, near Marysville, CA.

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Es la cosecha en el valle central de California, y aquí hay mucho arroz. Debajo hay una fotos de la cosecha de Charlie Mathews cerca de Marysville, tomado por la Revista Comstock's en Sacramento.