Photojournalist Ben Gray 18 years at the AJC

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Photojournalist Ben Gray 18 years at the AJC

Photojournalist Ben Gray is leaving the AJC after 18 years for a position in Israel. This is a small portion of his assignments while at the paper.

November 2, 2015 Memphis: Former President Jimmy Carter sneaks a kiss with Rosalynn while the couple was working on a Habitat for Humanity build Monday morning November 2, 2015 in Memphis. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

March 21, 2014 Atlanta: House Majority Leader Larry O'Neal (R-Bonaire) is all smiles as papers fly through the air just after midnight when the 2014 Legislative session comes to a close. In an annual tradition, Legislators celebrate the end of the session with their own version of confetti made from printed copies of bills and resolutions. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

January 28, 2014 Atlanta: Traffic inches along the Connector as snow blankets the Metro on Tuesday afternoon January 28, 2014 as seen from the Pryor Street overpass. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

050311 - ATLANTA, GA - Mortally wounded deputy Hoyt Teasley is loaded into an ambulance outside the Fulton County courthouse on Friday morning, March 11, 2005 in downtown Atlanta. Brian Nichols is suspected of shooting and killing judge Rowland Barnes and two deputies, and also wounding others. (BEN GRAY/AJC staff)

050324 - ATLANTA, GA - Ashley Smith (cq), followed by Rep. Pedro Marin (cq) (D-Duluth), walks past some of the Gwinnett County Police that helped capture Brian Nichols (cq) and into the House chamber Thursday afternoon, March 24, 2005 to be recognized for assisting in the capture of Brian Nichols (cq). (BEN GRAY/AJC staff)

060925 - ATLANTA, GA -- Brian Nichols (cq) listens to arguments during a Monday morning, September 25, 2006 hearing in Fulton Superior Court. (BEN GRAY/AJC staff)

010912-NEW YORK CITY-Nassau County Police rescue workers walk down Church Street in Manhattan early Wednesday morning after rescuing a fellow policeman from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, part of which can be seen behind them. (BEN GRAY/STAFF)

010912-NEW YORK CITY-Army National Guardsman Brock (CQ, WOULDN'T GIVE FIRST NAME) takes a break wednesday morning in Manhattan next to a closed business whose owner left his thoughts before evacuating. (BEN GRAY/STAFF)

031207-ATLANTA-Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick (cq, 7) grins as team owner Arthur Blank (cq) talks to him before the start of Sunday's game against the Panthers.(BEN GRAY/STAFF)

990412 ATLANTA: A wall collapses as fire engulfs the Fulton Cotton Mill lofts near the Cabbagetown community, on Monday, April 12, 1999. (BEN GRAY/AJC STAFF)

030508-ATLANTA-Elijah Coleman (cq), with the Sons of Confederate Veterans, waves the post-'56 flag with the Confederate battle emblem in protest Thursday afternoon just after the new Georgia flag was raised over the state Capitol. About a dozen protesters were on the Capitol steps as the new flag went up. (BEN GRAY/STAFF)

011204 - ATLANTA, GA -- Boxing great Muhammad Ali (cq) lights the first Olympic Torch for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games during a ceremony to begin the Torch relay Tuesday morning, December 4, 2001 at Centennial Olympic Park. (BEN GRAY/AJC staff)

July 15, 2013 Atlanta: Marietta resident Valerie Ward, from left, and her daughters Rochelle Ward and Jasmine Ward hold hands in prayer at the end of the "Respect Black Life: I Am Trayvon Martin" march and rally Monday evening July 15, 2013. More than 1,000 people turned out for the protest that started in the West End and ended at CNN Center. After wading through the thick crowd of protesters for a couple hours, I moved to the fringe of the crowd and found this family praying together. The man in the background with the raised fist made the photo for me. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

August 20, 2013, DeKalb County: Aaliyah Battle, 4, hangs on the bus window and cries as DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputy John Conley comforts her while waiting to be reunited with her family Tuesday afternoon August 20, 2013 after shots were fired at McNair Discovery Learning Academy and the school was evacuated. As much as I love this photo, I don't think it does justice to the wonderful moment that unfolded in front of me when this sheriff's deputy went to comfort a distraught four-year-old. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

November 11, 2013 Atlanta: The sun sets over Turner Field and a statue of Hank Aaron on Monday evening November 11, 2013, the day the Braves announced that they would be moving to Cobb County. As soon as I heard of the plan to move the Braves out of downtown Atlanta, I decided I would go shoot the sun setting over Turner Field. I loved the way the statue lined up with the Turner Field sign and it made it even better that it was Hank Aaron. I only wish there had been a more interesting sunset for the background. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

January 29, 2014 Atlanta: As dawn breaks following the first winter storm of the 2014, the Connector Southbound is clogged with cars and trucks that were stuck overnight while trying to leave Downtown Atlanta. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

July 4, 2014 Atlanta: Katina Dunkerly gets into the spirit of the Fourth of July with patriotic colors and an early morning beer while watching 60,000 people run by during the AJC Peachtree Road Race. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

August 20, 2014 Atlanta: Protestors bathed in blue police lights chant at Atlanta Police motorcycle officers at the end of a rally and march through the West End calling for justice in Ferguson. When the protestors tempers flared, police de-escalated the situation by leaving the area. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

May 24, 2013 Atlanta: The full moon rises over the Midtown horizon Friday evening May 24, 2013 to kick off the holiday weekend. I've always loved photographing the moon so I tried to shoot a skyline photo of Atlanta with the full moon rising. Unfortunately I misjudged the location where it came over the horizon, so I had to scramble to come up with an interesting photo. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

June 13, 2013 Sandy Springs -- Ashley Rathel, holding her daughter Dakotah, 14 months, makes her way into Brandon Mill Farms condominiums by flashlight Thursday evening June 13, 2013. Rathel was at dinner with her husband and daughter when Thursday's storm rolled through dropping a tree across the access to the condo complex. She had to climb through the fallen tree with her daughter to get home. I was headed back to my car after covering storm damage at this complex when I saw this woman and child making their way home by flashlight with headlights behind her making for the most interesting photo of the evening. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

January 8, 2015 Atlanta: Mojgan Zarrabi, from left, Ken and Tami Brook participate in a gathering at Anis Bistro on Thursday evening January 8, 2015 to show support for France following the terror attack at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

February 9, 2015 Riverdale: Denice Matthews of Riverdale joins several hundred people at the Riverdale amphitheater for a prayer vigil for Bobbi Kristina Brown on Monday night February 9, 2015. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

March 2, 2015 Atlanta: Gloria Slaughter waits to be arrested while blocking a stairway at the State Capitol on Monday afternoon March 2, 2015 while protesting for the expansion of Medicaid. As part of Moral Monday Georgia, 12 people refused to leave the stairway and were arrested by the Georgia State Patrol following a rally. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

March 9, 2015 East Point: Friends and family reach to comfort Chevell Green, wife of Fulton County Police Det. Terence Green, during a vigil in East Point on Monday evening March 9, 2015. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

February 12, 2014, Riverdale: A bundled-up Riverdale family huddles around a laptop after the second winter storm of 2014 took out power to their neighborhood, leaving them without lights or heat. Heavy ice accumulation from the storm took down trees and powerlines across the state. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM LaShee Freeman plays a solitare game on the computer in the front room of her family's Riverdale under the watchful eye off her husband Johnathan Bennett, and Tykira Drayton, 15, and Amber Freeman, 6, Wednesday evening February 12, 2014. The family had been without power since 2pm, but was using boiling water on the stove to keep warm and candles and flashlights to see. They also had other family members staying with them who had left their Fayetteville home earlier in the day when their power went out. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

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November 2, 2015 Memphis: Former President Jimmy Carter sneaks a kiss with Rosalynn while the couple was working on a Habitat for Humanity build Monday morning November 2, 2015 in Memphis. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

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