Recent Articles
BY BILL ZARCHY

AWARDS
Solas Awards for Travel Writing, March 2007 sponsored by Travelers' Tales
Silver Certificate in Bad Trip Category for my story “Eiffel: What Goes Up”
Bronze Certificate in Funny Travel Category for my story “Chartres: Ecstasy at the Altar”
Honorable Mention for my story “Summer Paramour”
http://www.besttravelwriting.com/award-winners/

 

TALES FROM THE ROAD
“21st-Century Village: Telemedical Kiosks in Remote India”
published in Kyoto Journal #68, November 2007
http://www.zarchy.com/village.htm
OR http://www.kyotojournal.org/kjcurrent/kjcurrent.html
“Showdown at Shinagawa: Bowling for Budget in Tokyo”
published in Kyoto Journal #66, May 2007
http://www.zarchy.com/shinagawa.htm
OR http://www.kyotojournal.org/kjback/kjback66.html
“Chartres: Ecstasy at the Altar”
published in San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Travel section, January 22, 2006
http://zarchy.com/chartres.htm
OR http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/22/TRG0CGP9D21.DTL

"Ecstasy" also appears in humor anthology What Color is Your Jockstrap?
edited by Jennifer L. Leo, published by Travelers’ Tales www.whatcolorisyourjockstrap.com

“Starstruck at Cannes”
published in Film/Tape World, August 2005
http://zarchy.com/cannes.htm
“New Zealand: Living a Lie at Mrs. O'Brien's”
published in Film/Tape World, October 2004
http://zarchy.com/NZ.htm
“Wrecks and Pissers: The Bombay-Pune Road”
published in Gobshite Quarterly, August 2004
http://zarchy.com/wrecks.htm
ALSO selected as Editor’s Choice Story, Travelerstales.com, March 2003
http://travelerstales.com/carpet/000087.shtml
“Singapore: No Worry, Chicken Curry”
published in Film/Tape World, January 2004
http://zarchy.com/curry.htm
“Tokyo: The Tale of the 33rd Floor”
published in Film/Tape World, October 2003
http://zarchy.com/tokyo33.htm
“Taiwan: Mr. Wong and the Universal Language”
published in Film/Tape World, July 2003
http://zarchy.com/wong.htm

 

PERSONAL ESSAYS
“Confessions of a Bicoastal Baseball Fan” -- on rooting for two teams
published in Contra Costa Times, May 21, 2005
http://zarchy.com/bicoastal.htm
“Googling David” -- on friendship, mortality, and reconnecting with the past
published in Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, January/February 2005
http://zarchy.com/googlingdavidDAM.htm
Original-length version: http://zarchy.com/googlingdavid.htm
“Barry and the Rally Nuts” -- the night Mr. Bonds hit his 600th homer
published in Contra Costa Times, May 17, 2003
http://zarchy.com/barry.htm

 

TECHNICAL ARTICLES
“Polishing the Talking Head: The West Wing Documentary Special”
published by American Cinematographer Online,
journal of the American Society of Cinematographers, March 2003
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/mar03/westwing/index.html
“Shooting from the Hip ... and the Shoulder:
Operating Handheld Film and Video Cameras”

published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine, January 2008
http://zarchy.com/handheld.htm
“Living in Oblivion: On Creating, Then Destroying Your Original Video Media”
published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine, February 2008
http://zarchy.com/oblivion.htm
“Shooting Abroad: Paperwork, Passports, X-rays, and Excess Baggage”
published in Release Print Magazine, August 2003
http://zarchy.com/abroad1.htm
“Here Comes the Sun: Using sunPATH Software”
published in PHOTO Techniques Magazine, July/August 2004
http://zarchy.com/sunpath.htm
“You Say Filming, I Say Image Capture: A Journey Into HD”
published in Film/Tape World, November 2004
http://zarchy.com/HDjourney.htm
“French Fries and Film: Powering Production with Veggie Oil”
published in Film/Tape World, August 2004
http://zarchy.com/veggieoil.htm
“The DI Revolution” -- on Digital Intermediates for Timing Feature Films
published in Film/Tape World, May 2004
http://zarchy.com/DI.htm
“New Media: For Sun Seekers Only”
published in Emmy Magazine,
journal of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, October 2003
http://zarchy.com/emmysun.htm