“Trumpty Dumbty” and The Bear . Poetry and Prose by A.H. Scott, Copyright 2022 . “Trumpty Dumpty” (Scrambled) Trumpty Dumpty sits on his wall Trumpty Dumpty thought he’d had it all Crafty Con Don was once on the ball Believing his own hype He was the hubristic egg archetype Trumpty Dumpty made many a ‘perfect’ … Read more
Press Release: . Faces of Immigration: Photographs by Harvey Finkle . On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 3:00-7:30pm . For five decades social worker turned photographer Harvey Finkle (Penn MSW ’61) has documented immigrant communities as well as social and political activism across Philadelphia and beyond. He began photographing the work of the Sanctuary Movement in … Read more
Text by A.H. Scott, Copyright 2022 . “The Words of Wait” . “African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” – Senator Mitch McConnell, January 19th, 2022[A] Coming from a virginal ingénue in the topsy-turvy world of politics, this quote could be seen or just brushed off as a mistaken … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2022 . The’Alien Autopsy’ Film . In 1994 I was publishing a photography magazine called PIC (People In Camera) from an office near the Kings Cross station in London. I’d bought the magazine from the estate of my friend Captain Christopher Knight, the wealthy eccentric who’d founded it sixteen years … Read more
Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2022 . Farewell: Andre Leon Talley I first met Andre Leon Tally at the American Embassy in Paris in 1994. Pamela Harriman was the U.S. Ambassador to France at that time. I was invited to a Vogue party in celebration of Steven Florio’s rise to President and CEO of Conde … Read more