On the road to Rivercess …

We were told the drive to Cestos, in Rivercess County, should only take about three hours. It’s roughly 180 miles. But I should have know better. Always double times and add some more. In the end, it took close to seven hours to travel to Cestos. The road was paved for half the distance. The other half was like being locked inside a pinball machine, bouncing around in the back of the van, trying to keep my head from slamming into the door. But the sights were good along the way. Here are a few images from the trip.

Together Liberia Project - River Cess Trip

Together Liberia Project. En route to River Cess, we stopped in Buchanan, where we saw a young boy selling Red Snapper caught in the ocean. Photo by Bruce Strong

Together Liberia Project. Rivercess Trip. On the Rivercess county line, our four vehicle caravan stopped to take photos. Sung Park, left, Chris Giamo, Steve Davis, and Cameron Zohoori, right, photographically work the scene. Photo by Bruce Strong

Together Liberia Project - Rivercess Trip - Firestone Liberia

Together Liberia Project. Passing through land owned by Firestone Liberia, a sign indicates a proposed site for the New Harbelville Community for dedicated employees and their dependents. Photo by Bruce Strong

Together Liberia Project - Rivercess Trip - Firestone Liberia

Together Liberia Project. Passing through land owned by Firestone Liberia, a sign indicates a proposed site for the New Harbelville Community for dedicated employees and their dependents. Photo by Bruce Strong

About Bruce Strong

Bruce Strong is a multimedia storyteller who likes to work with cool people on awesome projects. Life is too short to do anything else. He has shot in nearly 61 countries.

Bruce was on staff at The Orange County Register in Southern California for 11 years and has freelanced for a variety of international publications and non-profit organizations. His work has earned numerous awards and two fellowships—The Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan and the Knight Fellowship at Ohio University. When he’s not on the field, Bruce spends a lot of time helping others learn to tell stories of significance.

Currently, he’s an associate professor at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, where he teaches an array of video, audio, photography and multimedia courses. Teaching has been a rewarding and enlightening journey, and he is proud of his students, many of whom—while still students—have won top honors from NPPA, POY, World Press and BOP. He also had the good fortune of mentoring back-to-back College Photographer of the Year winners, Matt Eich and Travis Dove.

This year, Bruce was honored with a 2010 Meredith Teaching Recognition Award from Syracuse University and the National Press Photographers Association’s Robin F. Garland Educator of the Year Award. But Bruce is most proud of his two young sons, Jack and Cole, and loves adventuring through life with his visual journalist/professor wife, Claudia.