LOOK3, Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, VA is like the Lollapalooza of photography. Billed as three days of peace, love and photography, the festival transforms the small pedestrian mall in downtown Charlottesville into both an indoor and outdoor venue for screenings, exhibits, open air projections and lectures by legacy artists such as Mary Ellen...
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Borderland
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...
Early 4×5
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...
Miriam’s Garden: All the Pretty Flowers
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.