City Diary: What’s Going On Downtown?

City Diary: What’s Going On Downtown?

The Occupy Wall Street demonstration, that’s what. There’s been so much press about the goings on downtown that I went to see for myself and share some photos on my blog.  I took the subway to Wall Street, and once I got off the demonstrators were not hard to find. ...
A Glimpse of Manhattan After 9/11

A Glimpse of Manhattan After 9/11

As the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001 rolls around, I searched my negatives for photos I took in the days after the disaster.  They were in storage and I scanned some of them for this post, which is dedicated to the memory of the people who died in the...
Aging Inside Angola State Penitentiary

Aging Inside Angola State Penitentiary

In November 2010 I photographed aging prisoners in Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana.  After the GSA meeting in New Orleans I drove 150 miles through the wetlands, past Baton Rouge, then north up Highway 66.   The facility was surrounded by 12-foot razor-topped...
City Diary: Incident on the Brooklyn Bridge

City Diary: Incident on the Brooklyn Bridge

I carry my camera around Manhattan, especially on weekends when my wife and I go adventuring around the City.  Sometimes when conditions line up correctly I might get some interesting shots.  This occurs when the light is right, my battery is charged, and I remember...
Will Barnet: Artist and Centenarian

Will Barnet: Artist and Centenarian

Will Barnet passed away on November 25, 2012 at age 101.  I had the opportunity to photograph him at age 100 in his home and studio in the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park.  His paintings and drawings are in every major museum in the United States, and he was still...