Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2020 Taking Offense . I’m somewhat jaded about most current events. I just turned 73, and won’t live long enough to see the longterm outcome of such things as global warming, which may cause the collapse of our social order from the outside, and things like the #MeToo movement… Continue reading Bob Shell: Taking Offense
Category: Film
Picture of the Day: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas 1980
Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2020 When I first started my professional career in 1980 as a staff photographer for the behemoth pharmaceutical company, Smithkline & French I was assigned to photograph executives for the company at a sales meeting held in Las Vegas, Nevada. I booked a hotel room at the… Continue reading Picture of the Day: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas 1980
Close Ups: 1990’s
Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2020 Close Up’s: 1990’s . During the early 1990’s, I purchased what would eventually become an indispensable piece of equipment for my portrait photography, the ring flash. This unique flash lamp that creates shadowless light on a subjects face at close range intrigued me from the… Continue reading Close Ups: 1990’s
Studio News: A Return to Teaching
Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2020 After a two year hiatus from teaching, I have accepted an invitation as visiting instructor of Fine Arts at Haverford College. On December 17th, 2019 my first meeting with photography students took place at the Jane Lutnick Fine Arts Center. My colleague Professor William Williams asked me to join… Continue reading Studio News: A Return to Teaching
Bob Shell: Doing Time in Virginia
Photography and Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 Doing Time in Virginia . I had the misfortune of living in Virginia when I was arrested, tried, and convicted. Virginia is a beautiful place, with fertile valleys and beautiful mountains. The history is rich and significant. The Virginia General Assembly is the oldest sitting legislature… Continue reading Bob Shell: Doing Time in Virginia