An Homage to 9/11; “Looking On, Watching the Building of the Freedom Tower”

The tragedy of this day will forever be etched in my memory. I bore witness to the jumpers. I was a two blocks away when the towers began to fall. I ran and ran and didn’t stop until I got to Columbus Park in Chinatown. Though I had my cameras with me, I never madeContinue reading “An Homage to 9/11; “Looking On, Watching the Building of the Freedom Tower””

“God Does Crap”

A number of years ago, during a stint of unemployment, I was assisting a friend, a still-life photographer out in his Brooklyn studio. One day, after a day’s shoot, we went into Manhattan to drop off the film and while we waited for it to be processed by the lab, we had dinner and drinks.Continue reading ““God Does Crap””

On Garry Winogrand

As I age I believe my work speaks truer to what I need to express. I’ve been lucky to have met many of the photographers that influence my work in some way. As a young man while in school, I worked part time in a large camera store where I sold darkroom equipment and supplies.Continue reading “On Garry Winogrand”