Other Published Work


Other Writing & Photography Work Samples

Bespoke Fashion and Its Role in Art and Activism: Cover story interview and photo shoot with fashion designer Tyler Neasloney for Out IN Jersey Magazine.

Archive of Activist Art: Covering a New Museum art event and panel discussion for Out IN Jersey Magazine. Panelists included artist and activist Avram Finkelstein and Guadalupe Maravilla

Deconstructing the Abstract: An interview with NJ visual artist Zachary Delacruz published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Behind the scenes with actor, activist, and celebrity host Ron B: feature article and photo shoot published in the Pride 2022 issue of Out IN Jersey Magazine
Ron B. at MNN, on the set of her show, No Boundaries Up Close and Personal. ©Alina Oswald for Out IN Jersey Magazine.
Actor, LGBTQ+, and HIV and AIDS activist, and celebrity host Ron B on the set of her award-winning show, No Boundaries Up Close and Personal. Photographed for Out IN Jersey Magazine by Alina Oswald.

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Preserving History: A Pride 2022 A&U cover story – interview and photo shoot with award-winning filmmaker and LGBTQ+ activist, Wolfgang Busch:

Michel: Fallen Angel of Paris, by Hans M. Hirschi: Book spotlight published in A&U: Art & Understanding Magazine

Author Hans Hirschi photographed by Alina Oswald in Lower Manhattan and Battery Park, January 2019.
Author Hans M. Hirschi. Photo © Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.

What Is Intersectionality: Interviews with artists who explore the intersectionality of HIV and other crises. Article published in A&U: Art & Understanding Magazine

Scream Brings Families Together – interview with photographer David Ayllon published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Beauty, Fashion and Celebrity Portraits, and the Leathermen Projectinterview with celebrity photographer Mike Ruiz published in Out IN Jersey Magazine. A collection of Mike Ruiz’s Leathermen NFTs is available here starting 6/5.

Out Artist: “Strength as a woman is divine” – an interview with NJ visual artist Armisey Smith published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Out Photo Showcase – interviews & podcast interviews with winners of the Feb/Mar 2022 photo contest published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

The Zen of Colors – an interview with NJ visual artist Joe LaMattina published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Journeys and Destinations – an interview with Jersey City visual artist Deb Sinha published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Pride Night at the American Ballet Theatre – an article published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

“Why I Paint…” – an interview with artist David Meadow published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Turning Points – a cover-story interview and photo shoot with artist and activist Avram Finkelstein published in the Pride 2021 issue of Out IN Jersey Magazine
Interview and photo shoot with artist and activist Avram Finkelstein. Out IN Jersey Magazine Pride (June/July) 2021 cover.
Artist & Activist Avram Finkelstein on the Pride (June/July) 2021 cover of Out IN Jersey Magazine.

Portraits Through Time – an interview with award-winning photographer Kurt Weston about art, photography, and surviving two pandemics. Article published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Article published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Covid-19 NJ Stories: Article published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

COVID-19 NJ Stories: I appreciate Garden State artists and authors for sharing their personal COVID-19 stories with me. Read about them in Out IN Jersey Magazine.

Herstory Matters

Herstory Matters: An interview with award-winning filmmaker, Megan Rossman, about her latest documentary, The Archivettes, published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Pioneer Works: World Pride 2019 A&U cover story and photo shoot with activist, artist, and author Avram Finkelstein.

A few images of Avram Finkelstein’s “Untitled, 1972” giant hand portrait as featured at The Shed, in NYC, in June 2019:

June 6, 2019: Visual AIDS What Is 21st Century Liberation? installation opening party at New York Live Arts. Avram Finkelstein and Rodrigo Moreira designed the What Is 21st Century Liberation broadsheet for Visual AIDS in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

What Is 21st Century Liberation banner. Marching with Visual AIDS in Pride March 2019. Photo by Alina Oswald.
Marching with Visual AIDS in NYC Pride 2019 and distributing What Is 21st Century Liberation broadsheets created by Avram Finkelstein for Visual AIDS. Photo by Alina Oswald.

A Joe of All Trades in Publishing – interview with author Joseph Pittman published in Out IN Jersey Magazine
Setting the Stage for Change: Article published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Covering the Workers Circle winter benefit honoring award-winning playwright Tony Kushner

  • Tony Kushner awarded at Workmen's Circle winter benefit. Photo by Alina Oswald.

A Celebration of Life – Article published in Out IN Jersey Magazine.

An interview with artist Vladimir Rios about the new gallery, La Vie Galerie, in Livingston, NJ.

Photographed LGBTQ and HIV advocate David Mixner for A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine. Article by Mel Baker.

Feel the Beat: An Interview with DJ Mimi published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

After Louie: Feature article about the movie After Louie published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
Hiding in Daylight: An interview with author, actor, advocate, and playwright Gregory G. Allen about his new play, Hiding in Daylight, and Take Pride, Bloomfield! published in Out IN Jersey Magazine
Knowledge Is Power: An interview and photo shoot with Brandon Lee (aka The Orange Warrior) of The Alliance for Positive Change published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
Throwing in with History: An Interview and photo shoot with Avram Finkelstein about his latest book, After Silence- A History of AIDS Through Its Images, published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
Author, artist, activist, co-founder of Silence = Death, Avram Finkelstein photographed for A&U Magazine. Photo by Alina Oswald.
Author, artist, activist, and co-founder of Silence = Death, Avram Finkelstein photographed for A&U Magazine. Photo by Alina Oswald.

The (Art) Future Is Vibrant: An interview with artist Kinsey Ratzman published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Making Herstory: Interview with visual artist and 2014 Miss NJ Leather Nikki Wireman published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Finding Strength:  Cover story and photo shoot with international LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS activist Carlos Idibouo published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

Capture the Moment: An interview with NJ artist Michael Woods published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

A Strong League of People: Feature article and photo shoot with The HIV League‘s own Daniel Szymczyk, HIV advocate, published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

Finding His Resolve: An interview and photo shoot with activist Omar Garcia published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
  • Omar Garcia. Photographed for A&U Magazine by Alina Oswald.
  • Omar Garcia. Photographed for A&U Magazine by Alina Oswald.
  • Omar Garcia. Photographed for A&U Magazine by Alina Oswald.
  • Omar Garcia. Photographed for A&U Magazine by Alina Oswald.

Photographed the Red Carpet Village Voice Pride Awards 2017 in NYC for Out IN Jersey Magazine: actor Alan Cumming, journalist-activist Masha Gessen, activist Edie Windsor, Peter Barbey and Alan Cumming

Preview of Mothers and Sons at the Barn Theatre: An interview with cast members and director published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Art for the Wild at Heart: An interview with NJ artist Steve Cummings published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

“Turn Fear into Action”: Article documenting the 30th anniversary of Silence = Death poster and the reunion of the founding members of Silence = Death Collective published in A&U Magazine

It Could Happen to You, Too: Interview and photo shoot with HIV and women rights activist, Nancy Duncan, published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
Tegan James Living Life in a Beautiful Way: An interview with artist Tegan James published in Out IN Jersey Magazine
Legacy: An interview and photo shoot with NYC actor and comedian Steve Hayes published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

Making it happen: An interview with artist David Ayllon published in Out IN Jersey Magazine.

Photographed HIV Activist Bruce Richman of Prevention Access Campaign for A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine. Article by Chip Alfred. Photos then were published in GCN Magazine, an LGBTQ Irish publication.

VOCAL in NY: Interview and photo shoot with activist Jennifer Flynn Walker for A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
Activist Jennifer Flynn Walker photographed for originally for A&U Magazine by Alina Oswald.
Activist Jennifer Flynn Walker photographed for A&U Magazine by Alina Oswald.

Photographed HIV advocate Ken Pinkela for A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine. Article by Chip Alfred.

AIDS activist Ken Pinkela. Photo ©Alina Oswald for A&U Magazine. Article by Chip Alfred.

Photographed author and 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson for A&U Magazine. Article by Dann Dulin.

Photographed Rev. William Francis for A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine. Article by Connie Rose.

Pastor William Francis for A&U Magazine
Pastor William Francis at LIU in Brooklyn, NY. Photo © Alina Oswald for A&U Magazine.

The Sound of Tara: Interview and photo shoot with singer and activist Tara Kulbatski published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

Photographed trans advocate Kylar Broadus for A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine. Article by Lester Strong
Kylar W. Broadus. Photo ©Alina Oswald for A&U Magazine. Article by Lester Strong.

Rev. Stacey Latimer. LAI Foundation. Photo © Alina Oswald for A&U Magazine. Article by Dann Dulin.

Getting Vocal: Photographed and interviewed music insider and HIV activist Maria Davis for A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
  • HIV Activist Maria Davis photographed by Alina Oswald for A&U Magazine.
  • Photographing women activists.
Photographed PrEP pioneer, Damon L. Jacobs for A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
Acting Up, an interview with artist, activist, and co-founder of Silence = Death collective, Avram Finkelstein, published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

Dancing for a Cause: A photo shoot and interview with Joseph Rivera, co-founder of Baila Society, a NYC salsa dance company, published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

Escape to Survival: An interview with (and photographs of) Daniel Bauer, magician, escape artist, HIV activist, and motivational speaker, published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine. [Selective images also published in Outsmart Magazine]

By Proxy, by HIV: Photos and an interview with Antoine B. Craigwell about Depressed Black Gay Men and his new docudrama You Are Not Alone, all published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

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Prepping Up for the Fight – PrEP Up Alabama, an interview with activist and NFL player Wade Davis published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

The Beauty of It All: Interview with photographer Benjamin Fredrickson published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

Finding Cures, an interview with Nathalia Holt, author of Cured. Article published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

See Me: A new interview with advocate Amazin LeThi published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine.
Raise Your Voice!, an interview with and photographs of actor, fitness guru, Athlete Ally Ambassador, founder of Amazin Lethi Foundation and AIDS activist Amazin Lethi, published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine   Some photographs were later published in other international publications.
  • LGBTQ/HIV advocate, Athelete Ally & Vietnam Relief Ambassador Amazin LeThi photographed by Alina Oswald for A&U Magazine.
  • Amazin LeThi, Founder of Amazin LeThi Foundation, portrait and editorial photography originally published in A&U Magazine.
  • LGBTQ/HIV advocate, Athelete Ally & Vietnam Relief Ambassador Amazin LeThi photographed by Alina Oswald for A&U Magazine.

Invitation to a Ball, a feature article and photos about NYC Ballroom Community and related AIDS awareness, published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine.

(re)Presenting AIDS: Culture & Accountability – An open forum. Text and photography made The Scene in the September 2013 issue of A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
TheScene: rePresentingAIDS. Sep2013 issue of A&U. ©Alina Oswald.
TheScene: rePresentingAIDS. Sep2013 issue of A&U. ©Alina Oswald.

AIDS in New York: The First Five Years – An Interview with Jean Ashton, Curator of AIDS in New York, published in A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine

Making Art from the Heart: An interview with award-winning filmmaker and activist Wolfgang Busch published in Out IN Jersey Magazine

Photographing NYC actor Gary Gowling for A&U Magazine

Warrior Within, an interview with award-winning, legally blind photographer Kurt Weston originally published in A&U Magazine and then reposted on the AIDS Museum website

Photographing the Undetectable Flash Collective for Undetectable but Not Invisible for A&U Magazine–America’s AIDS Magazine
Photographing the Cast of Naked Boys Singing for the August/September 2012 Out IN Jersey Cover.
  • The cast of Naked Boys Singing - cover image for Out IN Jersey Magazine, 2012
  • The cast of Naked Boys Singing photographed for Out IN Jersey Magazine by Alina Oswald.
  • Naked Boys Singing. Photographed by Alina Oswald for Out IN Jersey Magazine

Among other celebrities and renowned individuals I’ve interviewed over the years: actor Ntare Mwine (for cover and feature); Edwin Cameron, South African Supreme Justice and author of Witness to AIDS; author and public speaker Scott Fried; author Joel Rothschild; award-winning, legally blind photographer Kurt Weston.