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Summer Highlights
My Summer (so far) Summer is my favorite season, but this summer season has been different, for many reasons. For now let's look at the brighter side: photographed Brooklyn Pride, the only twilight Pride in the city https://www.instagram.com/p/BzJQTa2nEXl/ Attended the launch party of What Is 21st Century Liberation broasheet, event hosted by Visual AIDS Artist, ...
Kurt Weston: The Making of the Blind Vision Photography Series
A look back at the Blind Vision series of black-and-white self-portraits by award-winning photographer Kurt Weston I wrote about award-winning, legally blind photographer Kurt Weston and his Blind Vision series of black-and-white self-portraits, as well as about other images by the same artist in the November 2005 issue of A&U Magazine--America's AIDS Magazine. Here are ...
2018 – Highlights
Looking Back at My 2018 As the year draws to an end, I'd like to share with you a few of what I consider my highlights of this year. Interviewing and photographing the amazing artist, author and activist Avram Finkelstein for A&U Magazine--America's AIDS Magazine. Photographing the blood supermoon lunar eclipse: Reconnecting with the Orange ...
Photography: My First Mentor
How and why I got interested in photography, in particular black-and-white photography and self-portraiture You might already know that I'm a writer and photographer. While these days I do both writing and photography, writing came first. Then, I discovered photography. My interest in photography truly started when stumbling upon the work of award-winning, legally blind ...
Fresh Start – Organizing Your Image Files
Organizing Your Image Files Have you organized your image files lately? Or your gear? Some might accomplish such tasks at year's end, when things tend to be not so busy, or at the very beginning of the year, before it gets busy. Hence, my using the weekends, at least in part, to go through gear ...
World AIDS Day
Capturing a Pandemic Today is December 1, World AIDS Day, WAD 2017. On this World AIDS Day, I just want to share a few HIV and AIDS stories I've covered over the years. Here's a picture of one of my favorite angels, the Bethesda Angel in Central Park. This particular image is a #tbt taken ...
25 Years of Art and Understanding
Happy Silver Anniversary A&U! Some of you might know that I'm Arts Editor of A&U Magazine--America's AIDS Magazine, but I've been writing for the publication for almost fifteen years and counting. And along the way, I've got to meet fantastic people, mentors, and discover my passion in life. I'm not kidding! Some might also know ...
