Light Table: Portrait of the Day

.   . Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018 . DEEAN: Close Up 1990’s . During the 1990’s my studio was located a block away from South Street, one of the most famous streets in Philadelphia for attracting the avant-garde artists, photographers, musicians and stylists who frequented the trend setting strip. It runs… Continue reading Light Table: Portrait of the Day

Beach Report: Last Days of Summer

.     Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018 . BEACH REPORT: LAST DAYS OF SUMMER . Like most folks that visit the Jersey Shore during the summer months, I usually visit Margate City or other shore points between  the Memorial and Labor Day weekends, when thousands of people from Philadelphia and the… Continue reading Beach Report: Last Days of Summer

Bob Shell: Remembrances

.   Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #22 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . REMEMBRANCES . One of the cruelist things about being incarcerated is that friends and family die while you’re unable to see them. I’ve lost count of how many have gone in the last ten years. Last October I was… Continue reading Bob Shell: Remembrances

Thomas Kramer: From Riches to Rags

.     Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018 . FROM RICHES TO RAGS . A little over a decade ago in the Spring of 2007,  I received a phone call from a journalist from Hamburg, Germany to discuss a photo assignment. He wanted me to illustrate a photo story he was working… Continue reading Thomas Kramer: From Riches to Rags

A.H. Scott: The Devil and the Catholic Church

.     A.H. Scott: The Devil and the Catholic Church . Copyright 2018 .   Passing the plate of gold coin and paper in a solemn aria While passing around the pubescent in a Luciferian bacchanalia  On our knees we pray On your knees we prey Your innocence we take with four points of… Continue reading A.H. Scott: The Devil and the Catholic Church