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DANIEL HERTZBERG ILLUSTRATES A HOT AIR LOVE STORY

December 2, 2021
Daniel Hertzberg was asked to find a human interest story in Warren County, NJ and produce an illustration about it for a special edition of The Washington Post Magazine, called "The Lost Local News Issue." For this assignment Daniel went to the Warren County Farmer’s Fair over the summer and spoke with many of the organizers. One of their stories, “A hot air love story,” stood out.  

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      In 2001, Giulia Grotenhuis and her husband, Fred, began a hot air balloon festival at the Warren County Farmers’ Fair in New Jersey. They’d met in 1989, when Giulia started working for Fred’s quick print shop in Easton, Pa. Fred was a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War; after the war he continued to fly helicopters, small planes, hot air balloons, powered parachutes and, eventually, paragliders.

 

Fred died more than six years ago, but Giulia continues his legacy by hosting the hot air balloon festival every year. She has since expanded it to several events throughout the year in Warren County. The printed magazine will be out this weekend but is currently live on the @washingtonpost website.


 

Tags: Daniel Hertzberg, Daniel Hertzberg, Editorial, Illustration, Magazine, Newspapers

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