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Category Archives: Brooklyn

A Brooklyn Autumn

The beauty of a swan at sunset in Prospect Park, an autumn wonder.

Gestures of Love

This post is a continuation of the one written two weeks ago. I finally had time to print 8X10s of my client and her two lovely daughters. These new silver gelatin prints are much lovelier than the proof prints. I like to interpret as I print. If you go back to the last post you [...]

On Being A Father

This is the first in a series that I will be writing from time to time. It is answers to questions I put to one of my clients where I had the privilege to photograph his wife’s pregnancy and about a month later to photograph them with their newborn son. Here is part of our [...]

Pin Up: Who’s In Charge?

In Lorna Simpson’s show titled “Gathered” at The Brooklyn Museum (I wrote earlier about this show on April 4th) are many 8X8″ photographs of two African American women posing as pin ups. What is striking is that the young woman posed for these photos in 1957. This was the time that the Civil Rights movement [...]

Hope and Connection

“Asha Veza” is the combining of the word in Hindi which means hope and the word in Bosnian which means connection. Ashaveza is also the name of a women’s clothing boutique where the clothes are designed and made by women designers and craft artists in India and Bosnia. The clothes are magnificent. This wonderful shop [...]

Women & Men Together

Not only is a fund raiser for Choices In Childbirth coming up on May 9th in Manhattan but just this past Saturday, April 9th, a panel discussion titled “Men and Feminism” took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. What brings these two events together is that both [...]

GATHERED: Art by Lorna Simpson

Photographs need gathering to make sense. Lorna Simpson has made exciting art works consisting of photographs both found and created by her. This post is about one of her pieces currently at The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. To me, the word ‘cloud’ is both a real physical cloud [...]

Toward Healthy Birth

I am thrilled that artwork I have created to celebrate childbirth will be on display at The Concert for a Healthy Birth hosted by Ricky Lake on May 9th in NYC. This event benefits the work of Choices In Childbirth, the leader in maternity care consumer education, advocacy and outreach. Honored on May 9th will [...]

Beyond Art

On Sunday I walked over to The Brooklyn Museum both to see exhibits and to attend a panel: Gender and Genocide: Sexual Violence during the Holocaust and Other Genocides, moderated by Gloria Steinem. In our present time, talk centered on conflict in the Congo where the coltan for our cell phones and other devices is [...]

Children Connect

Children naturally connect to the precious in animals and nature. They are responsive to the beauty and variety of the world. Whether it’s birds nests, young rabbits, trees to climb or carrots from the garden, children know how to cherish each experience.