sophia dengo

senior visual & interactive designer

journalist & space blogger

amateur jeweler & maker of awesomeness

photo archive

Gavin & Andy

Gavin & Andy, two of my fellow NASATweetup participants, after the launch of STS-133 Discovery.

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Family

Antigua, Guatemala, on a walk with my family.

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Bougainvillea on the roof

Shot on the roof a boutique hotel in Antigua, Guatemala, at the end of the dry season. I was playing around with depth of field.

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Snoopy

Everybody knows Snoopy, and during the Apollo era the famous beagle was the project’s mascot. This statue of him hangs out in front of a wall of moon-landing front pages at Kennedy Space Center.

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Latino in America: Meet the Garcias

As part of CNN’s Latino in America franchise, CNN.com wanted to profile several Garcias from around the United States.

At the time, Flash was the accepted format for video features. We also fought to leave off pre- and post-roll advertising, thinking that it would be a ratty experience. Design decisions were driven by the CNN Digital and LIA style guides, as well as by the limited width of CNN.com’s content area.

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Clark

I met Clark in Florida in the summer of 2011. He was one of the men who designed the mission patch for Apollo 11. He’d worked all his life in aviation, and had the insignia on his hat to prove it.

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