Shadows & Words. The NYC AIDS Memorial. ©Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.

World AIDS Day in Images

December 1 is World AIDS Day Here’re a few images inspired by covering the HIV and AIDS pandemic on World … More

Blue Tribute Lights in NYC on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Tribute in Light Memorial and the Freedom Tower. ©Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.

One Night in September

Photographing the 9/11 Tribute Lights I was going to call this post “One Day in September,” but I’m still working … More

September 11 – Twenty Years Later

Today is September 11, 2021. To this day, we still remember where we were and what we were doing on … More

9/11 Tribute Lights. Photo by Alina Oswald.

September 11 related Photography

September 11, 2001 – September 11, 2021. For the past twenty years, we gather together on this day, 9/11, to … More

New York, NY

This past weekend was a holiday weekend–Memorial Day weekend–here, in the U.S.. It was a rainy, cold weekend, too. And … More

NYC after sunset, seen through a foreground bokeh of Christmas lights. ©Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.

Creative Photography Ideas for the Holidays

Holiday Lights Bokeh as Foreground, Background, or Subject ‘Tis the season yet, again, this year, and although I’m never in … More

“Angel in Central Park” - lensbaby b&w image of the Bethesday Angel (fountain statue) in Central Park. Inspired by the movie Angels in America. ©Alina Oswald

Angel in Central Park

The story of a black-and-white Lensbaby photograph on World AIDS Day 2020 Angels in America has been a source of … More

NYC in red white & blue colors to celebrate President Elect Joe Biden and VP Elect Kamala Harris

The Week That Was…

Election Week 2020 For many of us, this past week was a string of never-ending days spent at the edge … More