Writer – Photographer – Educator
~It's summer (still) in the city, and Pride, too~ As it turns out, it's been a pretty busy summer, August in particular has been a hectic (yet good) month for a summer month. Hence, I'll be brief. August is also Pride Month in New Jersey. Here are a few recent images captured while walking the [...]
A look back at my first photography show I only caught glimpses of the 2020 Summer Olympics closing ceremony this past Sunday, August 8, 2021. Yet, the date and the event itself, brought back memories. "Backbone in B&W" original image featured my solo photo show with the same name at 32 Jones Gallery, Jersey City, [...]
It's Pride Week this week. While there will still be many virtual-only events, this year, NYC and NJ will also be holding some of their Pride events in person--such as, NYC Pride Fest in the Village, as well as other events across the Garden State (New Jersey). Here are a few images from last year's [...]
It's June, it's summer, and it's Pride Month. As I've covered and photographed Pride-related events for years, and have always found the experience uplifting, inspiring, and exciting. Last year, because of the pandemic, there were only virtual Pride events. This year, though, small Pride festivals and events are happening live, in person, again. If you're [...]
Photographing and interviewing ACT-UP activists March is not only Women's History Month, but it also marks the anniversary (the 34th this year) of ACT UP--the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power. Over the past twenty years, I've had the opportunity to meet, interview and photograph many LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS activists, many of them ACT UP activists. [...]
This year might be drawing to an end, but the coronavirus pandemic defining it is far from over and not done playing havoc with our lives and in so many ways. When it comes to Covid-19, I consider myself one of the lucky ones, and yet, it's been a rough, tough, unforgivable year.... So, I'd [...]
Six notes for the first six months of 2020.
On art and activism, collectives and community responses “[...] Everything about political and social engagement is a part of a process of collaboration,” artist, activist and author Avram Finkelstein once told me during an interview for A&U Magazine . "That’s what communities and community responses are. That’s what activism is. Activism is a community response [...]
On covering Pride Month and the LGBTQ+ community People often ask me why I'm so interested in covering LGBTQ+ related stories? Why do I cover HIV and AIDS stories? Storefront decorated for JC Pride Fest 2018. Photo by Alina Oswald. While covering HIV and AIDS, I've met many wonderful individuals, members of the LGBTQ+ community. [...]
Photographing celebrity host, actor and activist Ron B through the years I met Ron B in 2007. She was performing at a World AIDS Day event I was covering. The first thing that stood out to me, upon seeing her on stage, and then off stage, when she came to introduce herself to me, was [...]
