Tag: photography blog
Coronavirus Pandemic – Snapshots
Capturing the Coronavirus pandemic in words and images To borrow from Jonathan Larson's "Seasons of Love" [RENT, the musical], I wonder how do we measure a month in a life defined by the Coronavirus? I've never lived through a pandemic. I've been covering HIV and AIDS for almost twenty years, oftentimes through the stories of ...
Reflecting on Self, Creative Work and Life in a Time of Coronavirus
...and any extreme situation we might find ourselves in, for that matter As individuals we often find ourselves having to face many kinds of extreme situations--man-made or nature-made. Oftentimes, these extreme situations change our lives and our views on life. So, how about today, in a time of Coronavirus? COVID-19 has forced many of us--on ...
Gear (and Self) Care in a Time of Coronavirus
On keeping yourself and your photo gear as safe as possible when photographing on location in a time of coronavirus "Go wash your hands!" My mom would say every time I would show up for any meal. An infectious disease doctor treating contagious diseases day in and day out, she never, ever brought home any ...
Self-Portraits: B&W and DoF
self-portraits in black and white
Four Freedoms Park Photography
Art as a Means for Exploring, Documenting and Learning from History While oftentimes underappreciated, art is perhaps a multi-layered, complex application of human creative expression. In many ways, art is a universal language; a way of self-expression; a tool through which we learn about history, document our present and dare to envision our future. Roosevelt ...
Ron B: Portraits Through Time
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 ...
Photographer’s Block…
What is photographer's block? Does it even exist? And what to do about it? Most people might have heard of writer's block, and some might have even experienced it. [It can be debilitating!] But how about photographer's block? Does photographer's block even exist, especially in this day and age of selfies and smartphoneography (made-up term ...
