Graham Roberts is a Graphics/Multimedia Editor at The New York Times. He creates work for both print and digital editions, along with a team of highly talented and creative individuals. His work has been recognized by the Emmy’s, the Society of News Design, Malofiej, the Webby’s, the Online News Association, and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards. Visit Grahaphics for a curated portfolio. Tumblr (3.0; @grahaphics)http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a32355bd95c5ea5d3df372d34242ef76/tumblr_mmjdhu9rIJ1qz7mxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Teardrop Shot, Up Over the Giants</strong></p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/50014663631http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/50014663631Thu, 09 May 2013 10:56:18 -0400<a href="http://winners.webbyawards.com/2013/online-film-video/performance-craft/best-use-of-interactive-video/snow-fall-the-avalanche-at-tunnel-creek">Best Use of Interactive Video | 2013</a>: <blockquote class="link_og_blockquote">Explore the very best of the past 17 years of the Web in one beautiful, interactive place.</blockquote> <p><span>“Snow Fall” wins the People’s Voice award for </span><strong><span>Best Use of Interactive Video</span><span>.</span></strong></p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/49375550414http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/49375550414Wed, 01 May 2013 15:11:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2c56e728ef96a36bc724299f70b2808a/tumblr_mletifDo1S1qz7mxyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Caught in the Blast</strong></p> <p>The New York Times - print version breaking news graphic</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/48208508480http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/48208508480Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:20:39 -0400boston marathon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b1911628b8994cc22393987e30ef4481/tumblr_mlesqly46i1qz7mxyo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Caught in the Blasts at the Boston Marathon</strong></p> <p>The New York Times - breaking news</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/48208103014http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/48208103014Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:13:05 -0400boston marathon<a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2013-Feature-Writing"> The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation </a>: <p>The New York Times “<strong>Snow Fall</strong>” project wins a Pulitzer!</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/48297256029http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/48297256029Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400<a href="http://peabodyawards.com/2013/03/72nd-annual-peabody-awards-complete-list-of-winners/">Peabody Award for Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek</a>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/46945556476http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/46945556476Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:02:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/791122f0f90e8b32bfdc591552d6e423/tumblr_mk2inzRWDl1qz7mxyo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Inside the Metropolitan’s Stage </strong></p> <p>New York Times Magazine</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/45993772245http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/45993772245Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:21:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/34977409cf63dea6eb743d057393fabe/tumblr_mk0q8rQgys1qz7mxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Site Where Man Was Pulled From the Mud</strong></p> <p>Breaking news, The New York Times</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/45917878156http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/45917878156Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:10:03 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/40133b25f5b5131eed72d0339012b9f2/tumblr_mj76pdAW7Z1qz7mxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>PAGE, Das Magazin der Kreativbranche</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/44635782608http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/44635782608Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:17:37 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c70157fe07f97a3986825c9fe520915a/tumblr_mizzjcq5qV1qz7mxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>3D print of an olympic high dive. Check out more <a href="http://www.grahaphics.com/The-High-Dive" title="here" target="_blank">here</a></p> <p>Thanks to NYT R&D and Shapeways</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/44310145901http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/44310145901Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:59:36 -0500<p>To create the avalanche simulation for <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek" title="Snow Fall" target="_blank">Snow Fall</a>, I mapped data captured by Swiss scientists of the actual avalanche onto a model of Cowboy mountain, produced by Jeremy White from LIDAR data. I used a camera in Maya to track the leading edge, and then combined several render passes in After Effects.</p> <p>Here is what the raw data mapped to the mountain looked like in Maya:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="248" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/57619451?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="500"></iframe></p> <p>Here is the framing from the camera, and the layering/styling done in After Effects:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="281" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/57619452?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="500"></iframe></p> <p>The published piece:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="281" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/56386072?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="500"></iframe></p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/40875089125http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/40875089125Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:16:15 -0500The New York TimesSnow FallAvalanche<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/grahaphics/40611315741/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_40611315741" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="301" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A Record Hang Gliding Ride on the Texas Wind</p> <p>An NYT multimedia project about <span>Jonny Durand and Dustin Martin’s record breaking hang gliding trip.</span></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/11/sports/a-record-ride-on-the-texas-wind.html?ref=sports" title="View on NYT here" target="_blank">View on NYT here</a></span></p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/40611315741http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/40611315741Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:04:53 -0500The New York Timeshang gliding<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/56707280?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=65d2fc" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>2012 was a busy year for NYT Graphics. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/30/multimedia/2012-the-year-in-graphics.html?smid=tw-share" title="Here" target="_blank">Here</a>, highlights from the year on one page.</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/39579286472http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/39579286472Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:28:00 -0500New York Times graphics<a href="http://source.mozillaopennews.org/en-US/articles/how-we-made-snow-fall/">Interview for Source on 'Snow Fall'</a>: <p>A Q&A with the New York Times team</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/39426825304http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/39426825304Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:53:31 -0500<a href="http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/post/39228441872/modeling-an-avalanche">chartsnthings: Modeling an avalanche</a>: <p><a href="http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/post/39228441872/modeling-an-avalanche" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">chartsnthings</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Last week I <a href="http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/post/38556382963/making-a-mountain-out-of-a-mountain-of-data" title="data mountain" target="_blank">posted a video</a> from Jeremy White, loosely describing how he turned LIDAR data into a stunning model of Tunnel Creek. But more modeling yet went into showing exactly where the avalanche happened and how it traveled. My colleague <a href="http://www.twitter.com/grahaphics" target="_blank">Graham Roberts</a> added trees, elevation lines and an…</p></blockquote>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/39231373616http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/39231373616Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:49:24 -0500Avalanchesnow fallnew York timesinformation graphic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/16bdf84abe89d985cb53a971bece813a/tumblr_mfpf5bnI6G1qz7mxyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Snow Fall</strong></p> <p>Lots of graphics as part of the online NYT Snow Fall story. Check it out <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek" title="here" target="_blank">here</a></p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/38968942986http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/38968942986Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:22:00 -0500AvalancheCowboy MountainTunnel CreekNew York TimesJohn Branch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9cde0ac388acda278d83b30dfd68cdd9/tumblr_mfpebjSkrV1qz7mxyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Snow Fall</strong></p> <p>The print version of the skier paths graphic from the NYT Avalanche Special Section</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/38967592351http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/38967592351Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:04:31 -0500AvalancheNew York TimesCowboy MountainTunnel Creek<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md0x22CF5p1qz7mxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Swing State of Swing States</strong></p> <p><em>Motion graphic, The New York Times, Election 2012</em></p> <p>Ohio is the indispensable centerpiece of nearly every winning scenario for both Mitt Romney and President Obama.</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/35061443510http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/35061443510Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:42:00 -0500Ohioelection 2012mitt romneybarack obamaswing state<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc3lpwXXJy1qz7mxyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>An abstract flow created from motion capture of Nick McCrory’s high-dive, and destined for 3D printing with NYT R&D</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/33840899813http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/33840899813Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:56:19 -0400nytr&amp;dNick McCrory3Dhigh diveolympics 2012<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc255p1TIq1qz7mxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Part 2: The Elyrian Landscape</strong></p> <p>Brief motion graphic locating Elyria, and various points of interest as part of Dan Barry’s 5-part series on the town</p>http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/33795450863http://grahaphics.tumblr.com/post/33795450863Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:01:01 -0400New York TimesElyriaOhioDan BarryMotion graphic