Pandemic Sketchbooks

Pandemic Sketchbooks

Pandemic Sketchbooks This is a selection from my Pandemic sketchbooks. I sketched on the subway, in the streets of New York, in my studio, and after making rounds seeing patients. It was a very bad time and I saw first-hand how it impacted people, but I am lucky to...
South Beach Memories

South Beach Memories

South Beach Memories When I was growing up, my grandparents wintered in Miami.   I remember visiting them and feeling the warm sunshine and sand that sometimes scalded your feet when days were hot.  In 1985 while training in geriatrics in New York City, I returned to...
Picturing Old Age

Picturing Old Age

Picturing Old Age I spent much of my professional life studying old age. In the early days of my career I wanted to create a visual encyclopedia of aging – showing wrinkles, debility, pathology, and survival.  This is an unfinished project, but here is part of my...
Aging In America

Aging In America

Aging In America When I entered the field of geriatrics I became aware of how few non-stereotypical images of aging in America there were in the media.  For several years I used my camera to explore aging across the USA, showing people growing old and thriving with...