Seattle photojournalist Karen Ducey | news and documentary photographer

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  • Angie Sherbina, 16, and her boyfriend Rod Lats,19, both from Federal Way, WAsh., skateboard along Alki Beach on Harbor Ave. and Alki Ave. SW on Valentines Day on February 14, 2008. {quote}After this I'm going to surprise her with something.{quote} said Rod {quote}and then take her out to dinner.{quote} The couple spent the {quote}whole day hanging out together{quote}. {quote}Being together on a sunny day is just great.{quote} said Rod. (Karen Ducey/Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  • Seattle's Great Wheel with a passing ferry behind at twilight in.
  • The Seattle skyline is seen at sunset on April 6, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Windows of the Hyatt Regency Hotel are lit up in the shape of a heart. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee extended the Stay at Home order until May 4th to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • A sailboat is seen off Alki Beach during a heat wave in Seattle, Washington, U.S., June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • Puget Sound Ship - Weather Permitting photographed for Reuters, photo and interview published on Accuweather.com on May 28, 2021. Low fog sits behind a cargo ship and boat marina and is framed by the Olympic Mountains visible from the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • Pike Place Market sign seen through a windshield on a rainy day in Seattle on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. 226055
  • A Playboy Martini at Tini Bigs (with vodka, coffee liquor, and heavy cream) is one of the Seattle P-I's top 10 drinks of the year. (photo by Karen Ducey)
  • Roderick Smith from Portland, Oregon works on a painting he calls {quote}The Last Tango with Mount St. Helens{quote} outside the Johnston Hill Observatory in Washington on September 30, 2004. Active seismic activity has led scientists to believe the volcano could erupt any day. (© copyright Karen Ducey)
  • Seattle Center Fountain. (© copyright Karen Ducey)
  • Nico de la Cruz, 11, from Port Orchard ,WA, throws rocks into Lena Lake while on a hike with his family. Lena Lake, in the eastern Olympics, is a popular and moderately easy hike in the spring.
  • The Milky Way shot from Artist’s Point during a new Moon in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on July 29, 2022. Photos by Karen Ducey or Dean Rutz or Elliot Almond, or Nathan Rutz
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  • A red barn built in 1929 surrounded by fields of snow and snow covered mountains as seen from a drone at the Hedlin’s Family Farms in La Conner, WA on December 31, 2021. Hedlin’s Family Farms located in the Skagit Valley won the Tilth Farmer of the Year award in 2021. (Photo by Karen Ducey)
  • Wine at the Chateau St. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, WA. (© copyright Karen Ducey)
  • Watercraft in Elliott Bay, Seattle, Wash. (© copyright Karen Ducey)
  • An Argosy cruise ship sits at Pier 55 on the Seattle waterfront. (© copyright Karen Ducey)
  • The Great Wheel in Seattle, Wash. (© copyright Karen Ducey)
  • Mei Vandervelde (R) and Dayne Smith take their Husky puppy dog wearing a life vest out on a paddleboard in Elliott Bay during a heat wave in Seattle, Washington, U.S., June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • Lavendar gardeners in Sequim. (© copyright Karen Ducey)
  • Gasworks Park, Seattle. (© copyright Karen Ducey)
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  • Edame for a food story. (© copyright Karen Ducey)
  • A seafood and shellfish platter made up at Oceanaire in Seattle,WA (© copyright Karen Ducey)
  • Shoppers in downtown Seattle are reflected in an ornament on the city's official Christmas tree during the holiday season. (© Karen Ducey)
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