Studio News: House of Antoinette 1950

House of Antoinette 1950 House of Antoinette 1950 has been delivering sassy statement accessories since 2010. The products are a stylish alternative to mass production generic accessories. All items are limited edition or one of a kind. Our jewelry comes from Japan, China, Thailand, Russia and many more exotic places from around the globe. The … Read more

Bob Shell: The 60’s

  Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2020 The 60’s . In the summer of 1966 I moved to Washington, DC, to take a job I’d been offered at the Smithsonian Institution as a biological illustrator. I’d been making detailed paintings and pen and ink drawings of insects, birds, and animals since grade school. I was … Read more

Bob Shell: Learning to See and Equipment Meditations

  Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2020     Learning to See and Equipment Meditations  .   Many people, when they get into photography, become “equipment freaks,”. buying lens after lens in a quest for better photographs. I know, I was one myself. Those people keep the camera companies in business. I didn’t understand that … Read more

Tony Ward: A Sunday Ride to Atlantic City

. . Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2020 A Sunday Ride to Atlantic City . I received a call recently from one of my childhood friends, Howard Lee to take some pictures of a group of motorcycle enthusiast that he put together for a ride to Atlantic City on August 30th..  Howard and I go … Read more

Dominic Mercier: Fleeing Opression, Finding Creative Freedom

  Text by Dominic Mercier, Copyright 2020 Fleeing Oppression, Finding Creative Freedom . When Milt Ward arrived in Philadelphia in the late 1930s, he was fleeing the oppressive and segregated south. But what he found in his new home was a welcoming, creative community that would bolster his artistic skills and shape his distinguished career … Read more