I’m excited to share the photo essay and article I created about Golten marine, Red Hook, Brooklyn’s last maritime repair shop. For the workers, Golten’s closing was more than losing a job. It was losing a family. The multimedia package … Continued
The American Photographic Artists recently announced the winners of 2019’s APA Awards Photo competition and one of my images won 2nd Place! The image, titled “A Life Begins” shows a mother and her seven-minute old daughter in a hospital operating … Continued
Unlike Alcatraz, its American analog, the island-bound San Lucas Prison was ringed by lush jungle, turquoise waters, and stunning sandy beaches. Escapes were virtually impossible (only two people were ever unaccounted for). The average prisoner sentence: 7 years. The average life … Continued
Since its founding in 1958 by the Little Sisters of the Assumption, LSA Family Health Services has woven itself into the fabric of upper Manhattan through providing food, clothing, healthcare, education and social services. A few months back, I spent a … Continued
I recently shot photos for LSA Family Health Services, a non-profit in New York City working to improve the lives of East Harlem’s underprivileged residents. Since its founding in 1958 by the Little Sisters of the Assumption, the organization has woven … Continued
A few weeks ago while shooting portraits for Homefirst, an organization in Plainsfield, NJ that works to keep families from becoming homeless and help homeless families find homes, I felt amazed and humbled at the kid’s perseverance. Homefirst transformed the … Continued
Tangles of wire crisscross the streets of Kathmandu like a canopy of Christmas-lights: wire strands, thick as basketballs or thin as a spaghetti noodles tremble in the Nepali breeze. Shops and people scurry about in this foothill town where layers … Continued
More than 63,000 men, women, and children sleep in New York City’s homeless shelters each night (1). Circumstances may differ but the fact remains the same: with nowhere to go and no one to turn to, entire segments of … Continued
Not everybody in the Rickshaw yard trikes around town. A support staff of mechanics. vendors and hangers-on orbit the rickshaw universe, providing much needed services (like a caffeine or flat-tire fix). A while back I posted a photo of … Continued
Rickshaw drivers don’t mess around, but how can they when a diesel spewing bus is barreling down on them? An all too common site in Bangladesh. The rule of the Bangladeshi road: the biggest vehicle wins; cars, motorcycles and especially bicycle rickshaws swerve out … Continued