Blessing of the Dawn on the Gangese River

Blessing of the Dawn on the Gangese River

In November 2011 I traveled to India to photograph and spent nearly two weeks there.  My highlight was a city called Benares. Each day at dawn I went to the riverbanks, also called Ghats, and returned with hours of video.  I edited the best clips together to recreate...
Experiencing the Winter Solstice on Isla del Sol

Experiencing the Winter Solstice on Isla del Sol

In June of 2012 I went to Bolivia to celebrate the winter solstice with the shamans.  This day is considered the Aymara new year, an astronomical event with ancestral trditions that go back thousands of years. I was staying in the town of Chinchana on the Isla del Sol...
Manhattan Loses an Artistic Landmark

Manhattan Loses an Artistic Landmark

It was quirky, and not even that pretty, but I liked it and now its gone.  So many of Manhattan’s artistic landmarks have been obliterated in the past decade, knocked down or covered up by drab glass walled buildings, and this is one of them. I photogaphed it in 2008...
The Twilight of Jewish South Beach, Miami

The Twilight of Jewish South Beach, Miami

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 Miami to photograph...