Text and Photographs by Tony Ward, Copyright 2023 . A Chance Meeting With Joe and Hunter Biden . In 1997, I was assigned by Eliot Kaplan, then editor in chief of Philadelphia Magazine to create a series of photographs centered around the life and times of George Alexis Weymouth, better known as Frolich Weymouth for… Continue reading A Chance Meeting With Joe and Hunter Biden
Category: Early Work
Light Table: Early Digital Nudes
. Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2022 . Early Digital Nudes . At the turn of the century like many photographers at that time I started working with a digital camera. My assistant turned me on to one of the first, a Nikon Coolpix. I think it had about 5 megapixels and was best used… Continue reading Light Table: Early Digital Nudes
Bob Shell: Good Enough
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2022 . Good Enough . A friend wrote me with a technical photography question. He wanted to know if a raw file from a native 6 megapixel sensor would have better quality than a file from a larger sensor converted to a 6 megapixel JPEG image. I answered in… Continue reading Bob Shell: Good Enough
Like Father Like Son and The Magic Garden
Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2022 . Like Father Like Son and The Magic Garden . During the summer of 1996 I produced my first couples test shoot for Penthouse Magazine. At the time I was looking around my neighborhood for a place to shoot and became intrigued by this place called The Magic Garden. … Continue reading Like Father Like Son and The Magic Garden
Keith Murray: In Honor of Black History Month
Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2022 . Keith Murray: In Honor of Black History Month . When I received the call from George Pitts, picture editor for Vibe magazine in the Fall of 1994, I didn’t know who Keith Murray was. Most of the public didn’t know either until he released his first… Continue reading Keith Murray: In Honor of Black History Month