Religion: Jews and Black Christians reunite

Images I shot for a religion piece in the New York Times. An area near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana was once a vibrant area shared by black Christians and white Jews. In the 1960's the area started to decline and the people moved away. A local anthropology professor has found a way to bring the people back together once again... through the church.

Click HERE to view the article by Samuel Freedman


NYTimes_Religion - Images by Chris Bergin

Indiana Basketball

Here are a few images from a story I photographed for the New York Times that ran Sunday March 24. The story focused on the Anderson Indiana basketball team and the former arena the Wigwam. This was the first season in 50 years that Anderson High School did not play in the 9,000-seat Wigwam due to high maintenance costs and falling attendance. Many local residents are angry that the Wigwam has closed and are reluctantly going to the renovated high school gym to watch the games.

Click Here to read the article by Craig Fehrman


Anderson Basketball - Images by Chris Bergin

NCAA Women's Big Ten Championship

I spent the past few days shooting the NCAA Women's basketball tournament here in Indianapolis. The first couple of days were filled shooting pretty bad and boring basketball but the championship did not disappoint. Purdue won in an exciting double overtime game against Nebraska.


NCAA Women's Big Ten Championship - Images by Chris Bergin

Henryville, Indiana Tornado

As I set out to chase the predicted storms with my storm chase team (SWAT) yesterday we had no idea that we would see such damage from a storm. We got a late start on the day and just missed the storm that produced the Henryville Tornado. We heard about the damage there and we were very close so we took back roads into the town to see if we could help out and to document the damage (we had an EMT and medical kit with us). As we got into the town we could immediately see the impact of the storm. The high school and elementary school were completely destroyed, cars and school busses were flipped over everywhere you looked, homes were destroyed and countless trees and power lines littered the road. It was amazing that more people were not injured or killed in this town. Here are some images about an hour after the storm rolled through.


Henryville, Indiana Tornado - Images by Chris Bergin

ESPN: Behind the Scenes

Here is a look behind the scenes of ESPN during Super Bowl week here in Indianapolis.


ESPN behind the scenes - Images by Chris Bergin

On set with ESPN

Behind the scenes images on the ESPN Superbowl sets in Indianapolis. The people at ESPN are a pleasure to work with, and the cast and crew of SportsNation are a blast.


Blog ESPN - Images by Chris Bergin

Super Bowl Festivities Under Way

I took a brief stroll around downtown Indianapolis Friday night (after looking for a parking place for ages) to check out the start of the Super Bowl festivities and take a quick walk through Super Bowl Village. It really is cool to see your city transformed for such a huge event. I'll be spending a bit of time downtown over the next week working for ESPN on the set of their many shows. Plenty more images to come throughout the week.


Indy Super Bowl 2012 - Images by Chris Bergin