I began volunteering at WARL in January, walking dogs and assisting in the clinic. When I learned about their big fundraiser event, the annual Rescue Me Gala held at Union Station, I offered to shoot it pro bono. WARL receives no taxpayer dollars and relies exclusively on private support. What impressed me most about the...
Borderland is a project I started in 2000. It began out of my curiosity for the region along the Texas - Mexico border. Over time, it evolved into a story of migration. Economic globalization, domestic violence, gang wars, and governments that offer little hope for its poor citizens are driving Central Americans and Mexicans to...
I took this photograph with my first 4×5 camera-a Speed Graphic that I bought for three hundred bucks at a camera trade fair in Arlington in 1997. This was way before Craigslist or eBay. I still have it, although it’s been collecting dust for years. I upgraded to a Linhof field camera - a beautiful...
Monet’s garden at Giverny seems like a CVS parking lot landscape island off the New Jersey Turnpike compared to my friend and neighbor, Miriam’s Takoma Park backyard.
